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a.m. to 1 p.m., and among
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CHINA MAIL
Jerusalem, July 4.
It was officially announced today that 60 persons detained for interrogation during the recent operations in Palestine have been released from the Rafa detention camp today.
Another 50 are expected to be
released tomorrow.
A message from Telaviv states that hundreds of wo- men, wives of men
arrested during the latent military operations, demonstrated this morning near the Govern- -ment district oflees in Tel-
of their husbanila-Reuter.
the many distinguished demanding the release guests present was H. E. the Governor, Sir Mark Young.
D. Hopper, 1saldaris To See
In extending a welcome to the guests Mr. Geo.
U.S. Consul General, said that the day was America's 170th anniversary, and though that right menn Ittle in British his- tory and much less in Chinese history, it was a good deal to the American people, especially dur- which they had made so much
Bevin
Paris, July 4, The Greek Premier, Constantin Taaldurin, is expected to see the Foreign Minister, Mr. British when he will, it is believed, seek
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HONG KONG, FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1946.
SPORTS SECTIO Petra And Brown
In The Finals
(By Vernon Morgan, Reuters Sports Editor)
Wimbledon, July 3. Yvon Petra, of France, and Geoffrey Brown, of Australia, will contest the men's singles final in the first post-war Wimbledon Champion- ships.
Diamond Sculls
Heats At Henley!
Henley-on-Thames, July 3.
THE PLACE TO EAT.
IS
Jimmy's Kitchen
Exciting Cricket At Bradford
Bradford, July 3.
The Henley Royal Regatta The Indian cricket side, fresh from their eight- wicket victory over Lancashire at Liverpool yesterday, met Yorkshire today here on a wet wicket and were all ont for 138,
opened today in glorious sun ahine. Chief intercut was in the heats of the Diamond Sculls, In which all six overseas' Beullers i won to enter the quarter-finals,
Gal-
OPEN
GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
ing the last 30 years, during Ernest Bevin, again tomorrow jer, Dinn the No. 1 seeded play" that he is playing better than he Uruguay, and W. H. Fullick, of 10 scored in 88 minutes. Three i on the old course here. progress and had gained so much to mention the question of Greek lack of big match experience dented to be an unprecedented incident heats of the Wyfold Cup, when patch off a big hit monnt for most an epidemic of low scoring,
terment at the
stion, on
recovery.
Taaldaris is known to have the set. thanked the British Foreign Secretary for his consistent chem:
The year-old
Yorkshire were 52 for one wicket when bad light However, R. Burnell raised stopped play fifteen minutes before the sche- home hopes by recording the
duled close of play fastest time-8 minutes 52 sec-
India, returning one of the In today's semi-finals, Petra defeated Tom Brown,
onds for 1 milo 550 yarda. The lowest totain of their tour, had of California, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 8-6, while
next best was that of J. Sep- bad luck going in to bat on what Geoffrey Brown beat Jaroslav Drobny, of
harides, of France, who won looked like a perfect wicket but Czechoslovakia, 6-4, 7-5, 6-2.
9 minutes 1 second. which Inter backfired on thom Twenty-three year old Tom forehand, his inferior service and easily in
rain which
St. Andrew's, July 8. Brown only went down to the his impetuosity at critical points, The other hent winners were with showers of
Bobby Locke, South Africa's French champion, Potra, after a together with his lack of experi-John Keppy, of the United States broke into the game through the
(son of John
Olympic day, Kelly,
29-year-old wonder golfer, will tensely exciting five-set battle, ence went against him.
After two Indian wickets had tomorrow begin the second round two lasting
hours. Although
niño of the Unit- gone cheaply, Pataudi, the cap of the British Open Golf Cham- of Brawn on his first lagher, Brown is
not even nationally rank to Nonetheless, it was a fine par-seubling champion). A
Statca, M. F. J. Guerci, tain, and Modi stayed together pionship one stroke ahead of his ed, he
he was prove too goodly expected to appearance at Wimbledon. Tom ed
be a great player whon of Argentina, C. A. Christian for an hour before Modi was nearest rivals, Henry Cotton and for the French Brown
Ofsen, of Norway, W. Jonca, of caught behind the wicket for Norman Von Nido, of Australia, man, although the latter had his "school eliminated
the Frenchman are over.
it can be said Pails
Great Britain.
were down for 61 and only nine
After an exhilerating first Brown had his chance but the has-over played. What is bellov-
There was surprise in the runs Inter Pataudi was out to a round, in which there was al-
claims
in the peace him. He appeared nervous at the in the Wimbledon championshipa
The bowler in Locke finished with 09, which expense of Bul- start, but quickly struck his best occurred in the second act when the favourites to win the event, the boundary.
Chester Club, were caria and Albanin.
It is reliably confirmed
form, running through the first the not had to be changed owing the Royal
afterwards Gul Mahomed was ed course of 6,8BB yarda. Look- that two sets in 40 minutes. A crucial to a hole just below the canvas eliminated by the Thames Row-both cases was A. Booth. Right created a record for the extoad-
was the
possibly the result of Petra's ing Club Reuter.
bowled for a duck and half the ing at Locke's Dyurcs, it la dif- Tanduris, at his meeting last game in the third set Monday with Mr. Bevin,
side were out for 70. Tea was ficult to trace the semblance of third when Brown had game point torrifle cannon-service.
semi-final be Miss Margaret Osborne will play then taken. on Petra's service, but ho hit out
an error. It was not surprising, problems of Greek reconstruction
Australian Mies Louise Brough. on ways and the game went with service tween
Exciting cricket followed af- therfore, that he described the and exchanged views
The Results
ter the ten interval when the effort as "my greatest round.” and means of aiding Grocce econo- until the eighth, when the French Geoff Brown and the left-handed Drobny, who mically through the period of heri man broke through to lead 6-3, Czech, Jaroslav
Among today's results were: last five wickats fdl for 80 Cooly and methodically, he hit Semi-finals-Y. runs in 40 minutes. Only Nayu-overy shot straight on the flag and won his own service to take spent most of the war as a slave
worker in Pragac, came as some Men's singles: "This put the Frenchman's tall thing of an anti-climax, the Aus- Petra (France) beat Tom Brown du put some sting in the tail stick and deserved every hand-
*8-0. Geoff Brown (Australia) pionship of Greece's claim to the up and he began to serve better.tralian winning casily in three (United States). 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, In a brief, wild, eighth wicket clap which came from his big Games went with service until the straight sets in an hour and five beat. Droba, Czechalovakia stund, he collec 29 out of 33 following as he walked off the
beat,
rune in only eight minutes, lift- last greon. His card read:- Dodecanese Islands, which was eleventh, which the Frenchman minutes.
from the out, 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,8,3; — 34; In, from 6-4, 7-6, 0-2. recently agreed by the Foreign won to love on Brown's delivery,
Women's singles: Quarter-fining two deliverica Ministers conference here.-Rou-and taking his own drew level at Brown's excellent all-round playsouline Betz (United Yorkahiro bowler E.P. Robinson 3,3,4,4,5,4,4,4,4-85, total 69,
the Czech was but a shadow of
Locke had a clear one stroke two sets all.
beat Joan Curry (Britain) j over the stands for alxes. Hel the man that had eliminated one States
was out trying to do it once lead over the former champion, Brown, whose forehand was lot of the favourites, the Californian 6-0,
Men's doubles: Fourth ting him down, Appeared slightly Jack Kramer. He started
Towels Used
lian, Norman Van Nida."" unnerved, and when ho lost his
beat I. Rinkel and A. V. Patty back
Close on their heels one stroke Although fight the Austra
Of the Yorkshire bowiers. Swol 6-2, 6-4. 5-7, 6-0.
doubles:
Fourth who had to use towels to keep behind were three of the four the Frenchman ran into a 3-1 lan's high 20 minutes. lead. But after eight douces in the the first set in
Bundy (United States) beat Mra. innings, Booth was best with Joe Kirkwood and Sam Snead- crit critical fifth gunic
Brown held his The ambidextrous Australian, Vivian and Betty Nuthall (Bri- six Indian wickets for. 33. Bill and Britain's Reggie Whitcombe his delivery
allowed the hands and lefthand Crosscn'urt
Doris Hart (United States) beat overs, allowed only 14 runs but Burton, took 14. The best of The reigning champion, Dick Californian to draw level. Brown backhands, always appeared to
Mre. Mathieu (Fransa) and A. 3. took no wickets. Booth is a the Continental players was F. an the British were proud of wantonly damaged and that Rabbi went ahead at 0-5, but Petra ser- bave the Czech's measure, esp Yorke (Britain) 6-4, 6-2.
left arm spin bowler. ving aces leveled the scores, took cially as Drobny's service nover Brown's service in the thirteenth functioned properly.
Mixed doubles: Fourth round L. Hutton and W. Watson Van Donck, of Belgium, with Α. Mottram and Mrs. Hilton
H. Werkel, of Stockholm, game and won his own for set and
Britain Out
(Britain) ben
beat Ipsen (Don- opened for Yorkshire towards 75.
took two strokes more. The match.
the end of the late afternoon. One felt that Brown ahould
The second sot was a repetition mark and Miss Lines (Britain); At 20, Banerjee got. Watson fourth American, Lawson Little,
Tom Brown have won, but his weakness on the of the first, Brown breaking 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.
through Drobny's service in the Louise rough (United States) brilliantly caught at backward had a 78, while the other over- Hutton and stas challenger, G. Garcia, of eleventh game, the Czech serving beat P. Pellizza and Mrs. Laffar-point high up. a double fault. Although Drobny gue (France) 4-6, 6-0, 10-8. H. N. W. D. Yardley. then played Madrid, finished in 85,-Reuter. held the Australian until the C. Hopman (Australia) and Mar- out time before had light was fourth game in the third sot ho garet Osborne beat U. N. Hard- called. Hutton was 32 not out.
Doris
A. B. Sellars, the Yorkshire never looked like making a re-wick (Britain) and
dut AD 0-2 0-2. Geoff Brown (Austra- captain, T. F. covery, and Brown ran
Smalles, E, P. ensy winner.
lin) and Dorothy Bundy beat B. All four semi-finalists are Destremau (France) and Mrs. P. Robinson, W. E. Bowes, A. American a unique situation in Todd, 6-2, 6-1. Dinny Fails and Booth, A. Coxon, W. Wood and J. U. Wilson have yet to bat Wimbledon history. Miss Bets will Kay Menzies beat H. Bulla and meet Miss Dorothy Bundy and partner 6-1, 6-4.-Router.
for the county side-Reuter.
experience.
Mr. Hopper assured E. the Governer that though the Am- erican community in the Colony was small in number, it would give its utmost support in the reconstruction of a New Hong Kong and help to bring Hong accustomed Kong back to its place as a great port,
This year the day had added signiflcance in that it coincided with the birthday of a new na- Lion--the Republic of the Philip- pines It ended the 18 years of US, stewardship, and she was proud that her protege was now able to launch out for herself.
Replying for the guesta, Sir their Mark Young expressed very great pleasure in joining in the celebration of this great day. The British people were conscions of the close relation- with their ship linking them cousins across the Atlantic.
In fact, they could be said to be cousins in the first degree,
that relationship.
ter.
COLONIAL OFFICE
DENIAL
London, July 4.
Without detracting
first vital service in the final set, the critical first Weakly, wound--F. Segura and Bude more, skying one to square leg. Henry Cotton, and the Austra~
he
"could agen's
The Colonial Office tonight for- it looked all uver, especially when not break icking service, losing round:-Mrs. P. C. Todd and D. the ball dry throughout the American challengers-J. Bulla,
mally denied that the third de- grew treatment of heating or tor- ure had been inflicted on any Jewish detainees in Palestine..
It
was also denied that build-login until the ninth when Petra, hitting lovely two-handed foreinin) 6-2, 0-3. Pauline Betz and Bowes though sending down 16 and W.C.A. Hancock.
been as
ings and settlements have been Fishman, who is one of the Jewish In Hong leaders detained, has Kong, they depended so much saulted. upon the goodwill and co-opera-The Colonial Office said these tion of their American cousins reports had been circulated by in the rebuilding of New Hong the Jewish Agency, Router. Kong.
He felt confident that Ameri-
can drive, American energy and
American enterprise are going to play no small part in Hong Kong's programme of rehabili tation.
SAW DER FUEHRER LYING DEAD
Nuremberg, July 4.
Defence Of Crete Hitler's former chauffeur, Hans Kempa, testified
(Continued from Page 1)
"There was the obvious possi- bility, which was soon confirm-
yesterday that he saw the Fuehrer lying dead in the Reich Chancellery in Berlin on the afternoon of April 30, 1945. He also said, he helped carry the body of Eva Braun outside where it was cremated.
ed that the enemy would under The stocky, solid German solider was described
take operations against Crete,
or he night reinforce his efforts in the Western Desert, which though checked for the present, still constituted a serious men-:
Egypt; for dealing with
the revolt in Iraq was handed
by the American prosecutor, Thomas Dodd, as the only man able to say that both Adolf Hitler and his deputy, Martin Bormann; were
dead.
Unemotionally. Kempa, relat- and they tried to break, through over to the Middle East from ed how the Chancellery seethed behind an armoured column. A Indin in the first week of May; with about 600 persons, all Beck-bazooka shell hit the tank and the Germans were making use of their bases in Syria, which ing rescue, the day Berlin fell Bormann collapsed,
03
might constitute a very serious threat to the defence of the Canal and Egyptian ports, well na to Palestine, and finally, there still remained the mnants of the Italian forces in Abyssinia to be cleared up, if possible before the rainy season
Ret in,"
Very Fortunate
On the origin of the Iraq re- volt, Field-Marshal Wavell said that the Mufti of Jerusalem and
to the pounding Russian armies.
At the time, Kempa said, ho He declared flatly that Hitler was three or four metres be died between two and three hind the tank and Bormann was a'clock in the afternoon of directly to the side of it. He saw April 30, and that Bormann was Bormann's body, hurled away, struck down about 12 houra Kempa was stunned but revived later by a shell from a bazooka, later and said he never saw
Kempa spoke almost reverant- Bormann again. ly about Hitler. He referred to Eva Braun as "Adolf Hitler's wife."
Bermann was so meticulously dressed to fit his rank that he could not have escaped without Not The Same Adolf detection, the witneng asserted. When he told how he saw the Judging the force of the blast, Bormann is dead boyond all doubts, he added.
a number of his supporters from body of the Fuchrer rolled up in Palestine, to whom Iraq had a blanket with only the booted
The Kempa testimony con the defense evidence.
rivon asylum, formed the centre lega hanging out, he said "cluded that presentation of all
wasn't the same Adolf Hitler."
He was impressed that the blanket used was too short. The courtroom settled in a hush
of anti-British intrigue.
"We may consider ourselves exceedingly fortunate to have liquidated what might have been
Buch small forces."
a vory serious commitment with a Kempa continued his nar
tive. He didn't go into sharp The subsequent Syrian opern-details. But sold rather thinly:" "I can say he died on April 30 tions further strained British resources, and It was necessary between two and three o'clock. to move forces from the West-in, the afternoon. I didn't see ern Desert at some risk to the] him die, but I carried his body. out of the bunker and set fire on defence of Egypt.
The despatch, when it deals him. I carried Hitler's wifo with the campaign in the West-out."...
ern Desert, tells of warfare in The others left in the bunker
The Tribunal consumed most of the day admitting additional defence documents. The defence summatique, which will last 14 days, start with the discussion of international law angles. Associated Press,
CLAPHAM TRAM ACCIDENT
London, July 4
people
wore
Thirty-three
the face of inadequate intelli-split up into Bttlegroups taker to the Battersea Hospital gence and
reconnaissance in Kempa said. farewell to Bormaon when a tram jumpad the points formation, a grave shortage of and to Goebbels at 9im. He at a crossing at Clapham, ran tanks (he formed a unit from saw Bormion dressed in the down a side street and over- captured Italian medium tanks) uniform of an S.S. general about turned last night. Seven wore
2-Ban, next morning, near the detained, predi and transport.-'
"The resources to moet, the Friedrichstrasze station.
· The hospital's emergency ByB-" onomy Inadequate, both on the The station wan a quarter of tem used during the bliks was ground and in the air. Field an hour's walk from the Bunker brought into operation to del Marshal Wavell in his conclud-
with the Foam anties
The acident oco junction
Ing aunumary, wrote, "That Interoffensive in Cyrenaica was the circumstances that thres of truly checked, may be consider. therain major campaigns Fre Sto Torlect øredit to the troope) brought to a sudomsful conslite
Liders coboar- „mion, and ithafi the enemy coun«
the
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SIKORSKI
London, July 4. The widow of General St korski, Premier of the war- time Polish Government-i- szilo, who was killed in an
in
11
day,
-01
aeroplane crash at Gibraltar 1943, polish in a latter to the Soldiers
Daly," against the reported decision of the Polish Provisional Government is Warsaw to seek the transfor of the General's body from the Polish airmen's cemetery at Newark, England to Po land for ro-burial.
"His body will be trans- ferred only to a free and independent Poland, for which nu. husband fought all his life. and for which he died," the letter suid-Router.
STOP PRESS
Bradford, July 4. Hutton scon
added, a couple to his overnight scoro to alart the county's. bid to overtake the tourists,
After 76 minutes, Patau di made a double bowling change at 78, bringing in
Shindo and Mankad out the change madó no difference to Hutton who still showed
discretion in selecting the * ball to hit,
JA Hutton-Wilson stand put Yorkshire completely: on top, duo almost entirely. to Hutton's..mastery!: Hut ton off drove Mankade to complete his century in two "Thours; and: "three quarters, the same shot establishiris - the 100 partnership for the wicket in 10 minutes. This was Hutton's, second -- dan?? tury this season. At lunch, - Yorkshire were 20 runs on” with only two wickets down
Requisition Of Vehicles
(Continued from Boge 1) No person shall be liable for any penalty for failure to com- furnish to the competent au ply with a requisition made un thority a written
declaration der this Order if he is able to
COUNTY CRICKET London, July 3.. Close of play scores in today'a county games were:
At Bournemouth: Hampshiro 356 for eight (Bailey 116) V. Sussex.
At Derby: Surrey, 204, Derby- shire 82 for two (Smith 55 not
91).
outs Oxford University
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MCO 204 for three (Gibb
Bristol Nottinghamshire 897 for acven (Hardstaff 118) v.. - Gloucestershire.
At Tunbridge Wells: Lelocster- shiro 188' (Wright seven. Zor 89). Rent 118 for six (Todd 65.not
stating or estimating whether or satlofy the Court that he had no ca: colchester: Essex 104 (Ikin,
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not on auch date a may be knowledge of such requisition specified in the requirement, and the terms or requirements six fo
for 27). Lancashire 250 for Any such property
or thereof. will be on the premises and. if: This Order shall have retro- 80, "the number or quantity of spective effect as from and in- articles or substances compris-clusive of 1st May, 1946, and all
one (Washbrook 128 not out, Place 122).
At Dudley Glamorganshire 381. (Jones 99). Worcestershire 16 for
ing it which are or will be on requisitions and acquisitions none-Bouter.
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the premises on that date,
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