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• HONG KONG, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1947.
M.C.C.'s Poor Showing Britain Wants Action
In Victoria Match
Melbourne, Feb. 14.
Denis Compton took honours in an otherwise dis-
appointing display of batting by the MCC
here today on the opening day of the four-day
return match against Victoria when the tour
ists lost five wickets for 266 runs,
Compton was only seven runs short of his fifth successive first class century when he was dis- missed by Keith Miller who held a hot return. Compton's 93 was made in two hours 38 min. utes and included five fours. Victoria, easily Australia's The scoreboard at the end of
the today's play was: strongest Stata-they won
no less Shefeld Shie30--felded
M.C.C.
Fishloek, Hassett, b Freer Gibb, e Johnson, b Miller
than seven players who had taken Washbrook, i Thide part in the Test series this season On the other hand the MC Lacked the services of Walter
the
Compton.
Test Tactics
And Don Bradman
Adelaide, Feb. 13.
Don Bradman, in a letter to the newspaper "Advertiser," saya that to certain people have written newspapers regarding the tactics adopted in the fourth Test, sug- the he explain gesting that
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Fall of wickets: 1-47, 9-111, 4-139, 6-223.-Router.
2-19.
Hammond, Len Hutton, and Edrich.
day Throughout runs came slowly against accur
well placed ate bowling and Belders.
In the first match against VicTotal (for 5 wkts.) toria carly last November the M.C.C. won by 24 runs.
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In
Staff Talks
Lake Success, N.Y. Feb. 13 Britain this evening urged the United Nations Security Council to take action to stop the de- lay in the Military Staff Committee, which has been discussing the organising of the Unit- ed Nations armed forets since it was set up a year ago.
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Labour "Warning"
To Ramadier
Paris, Feb. 13. Despite pleas by Premier Paul Ramadier, Paris pressmen walked off their jobs to begin the nation's one-day strike movement. The situa tion is grave since the Premier shows no signs of departing from the Government stand of no wage increases until the battle against ristag prices is won.
France's financial situation is far from cheerful. The Finance Minister, M. Robert Schuman, calculates that total expenditure for the year will be 1,150,000,000,000,000 francs, with a de- deficit of some 420,000,000,000
"Society Gang" At Work
London, Feb. 14. A former soldier, who was not placed on trial Sir Alexander Cadogan urged that the Council until 18 months after the should call on the committee to produce a re- date of the alleged of- fence with which he was port of its activities not later than April 30.
The British amendment ask-charged, was found not France supported the propo-
Military Staff Com sal, but the Soviet delegate. M. ink the Gromyko, epposed the setting mittee to report before Aiguilty and discharged at
30 was passed with nine votes Oxford Assizes.
He is Thomas Waite, aged 23. of any time limit.
in favour and the Savlat and
Torn between demands for, avertime. Office workers are on a machine operator, of West Run- Felish delegates abstaining.
not higher wages and inability to find a 48-hour week without over) The Council
ton Cromer, who pleaded then voted on NEW GEORGES
offence against the money without opening the time.-United Press. the Disarmament Commission guilty to an
ernment is now faced with revolution as a whole and this girl aged 15 at Henley in or about gate to inflation, the French Gov- CARPENTIER?
ad August, 1945.
His counsel, Mr. Peter Evans, grove strike situation. WAS passed by ten votes, only Paris, Feb. 13. As
Tomorrow the Indictment,
afternoon, Govern- round Russia abstaining and not in moved to quash fourth Following his 31 member of the Australian team
saying that the information was ment offices, prst offices, schools, the forbidden during
season knockout victory over the Scottish veking the veto.
'two i Passage of today's resolution aid in April. 1940-originally public utilities and States-employ 10 by the Board of Control regula-lightweight Bert Gilroy,
special charging an offence in July, 1945 cd labour will all be at a stand- tions to
comment nights ago in make any.
public
London ring, formally creates a
but Mr. Justice Wrellesley rul-still when the employees walk out on the play and players in first- French boxing experts were seri-United Nations Commission to
for a public demonstration.
The symbolic strike will last class matches. If this fact was ously speculating today whether be known as "Commission for cd that the case should proceed.
Why has it taken all this time widely
known it would save a lo or not Marcel Cerdan, French Conventional Armaments" with
come forward?" asked the only one afternoon as a "warn and European
10 raiddleweight and also explain why
the Government that of arrumpent alot of things written about the champion, could emulate Georges the task of studying the regu- Judge,
Mr. Evans: Because he has employees are not willing to continue without having their play and players ge unanswered Carpentier and flatten any one station and reduction of arma-
atomic been a soldier in Germany.
and indemnity demands the participants Bradman Europe's best heavyweights, ments, not including
weapons. Reuter.
Waite, he added, was arrested wage Reuter
April, satisfied. writes.-Reuter
on information Inld in
State workers object to when the police took a statement from him in which he admitted fact that industrial workers are
48-hour week with They en a association with the girl,
extra eight hours counted then saw it to charge him with second offence, and not proces
the offence originally with charged
The alleged offence occurred, prosecution. according to when the girl was 15 years and 10 months old. Immediately that date Waite was transferred to the BA.O.R. and was not in- terviewed by the police until November, 1945.
cannon
Glace for alreraft capable of The Kowloon Chess Club en- stopping a half inch
developed in shell been England. It is made of seven
by
tertained a team from the 2nd and has 1 dove on SAI ON" ENQUIRY OPENS
Battalion. The Buffs. at match played at the Peninsula invers of white plate glass and Hotel on Thursday night, wins 2 inches thick. ning en dight boards and draw- ing on the ninth-
un-
(Continued from Page 1) asking for mancy, service or of the 'tween deck, Private, other considerations. The Soviet Arctic Institute
On the night in question 187 cooking was not allowed. Severny sent its icebreaker
The Chief Offer, the Chief passage tickets had been Polyus" to 74 degrees
North latitude, a new record, in 1946. Engineer and the Second En out of which 128 were for berth
certificated passengers." were all The site is north of Nurasi-gineer
men. At the time of the fire all buy their tickets on board.
Most passengers the crew were on board.
Arrangements for feeding the passengers were undertaken by the ship's compradore.
The Buffs were a game team but were up against an asually strong ret of opponents and would have-done-better -birsk--
were it not for the fact that they were opposed by two Inter- Sesler players four mediates and three Juniors.
The Buffs did score, however, in the fact that they were the fort Service team in years to) accept an invitation to a match! And the Club hopes that further matches
arranged can be. anainst Thursday's and other teams,
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China's Debt To
A German
London, Feb. 14. Two members of the Lon- "Society Gang" thedon's most expert cat the thieves-made a haul of
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a fur coat and jewellery worth more than £2.000 from the home of Mr. at Samuel Sonabend, Sheldon-avenue, High- while a dinner gate, party was in progress.
Cars were parked outside the house, and the thieves must have" arrived in their own cir and. parked it among the guests' ears. While one alighted to carry out the Tobbery, his confederate, sal waiting for him in the car wearing a chauffeur's penki enp
The house has 15 or 16 rooms and backs on to Hampstead golf course.
was good. ed. He got married deed came out during a city room was robbed,, and the theory more balanced set of opponents here on Feb. 15. The champion up the fire hoses, one of which aware of any unmanifested car fusing before the fire started said she did not remember ti:o Hisno Taal, former commandos turbed-by-nue of, the sile
: A return match against The
Buffs is a near certainty and
is assured.
The Kowloon
the
Club Chess lined up with Col. H. M. Whit cumbe. Novikov,
J. P. le Carvalho. Pamirs has bee Causere
named "Mt. Hamler. A. E. Gomes and RG.! Staliu."-United Press.
D. E. de Carvalho, S. R. C. Gardner, E.
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sengers.
A 24,605, foot peak in the handle. The centre of the fire the two stairways from the 'tween for excess baggage, am did not 11 months after the alleged-i-king," and now on trial for hi
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was on the
cident
life.
It was learned that the German was. on ile International Rette.
lower deck and then on to the wharf. from where he saw tha the centre of the fire was near the funnel where the compradore de- partment was located.
Yeung said he was on watch in the Fong said engineer. engine room, and when he heard shouts of fire he went up to the Heard No Alarm
boat deck by way of the escape ladder A new arthritis drug, based
intimation Capl.
to report to the Chief Er The first
gineer. He could not go by way on the acid-contra alkaline prin-
Nanking, Feb. 14. of the starboard door owing to
Waite, in a statement, said the. cipk, curd a disease-crippled Wherry had of anything amiss
Anxious to pay-a ten-year-old Mr. William Ariderson, Chief the flame. The port door wgirl told him she was 17, 2nd racehorse which had been was at 4.55 am. when his boy domed to be shot. It went on rushed into his cabin and called Officer of the "Sal On," foliowed bolted from inside and it never when the mother said her daugh- debt of gratitude. Chinese au- ship: the previous witness in the box. occurred to him to try and get terwas 15 he questioned her thorities fed by Mayor Shen I "Master, big, fire to win three steeplechases.
about her age. She insisted she are carnestly searching for you come quick." Previous to He said he had no idea how out through it.
The fire pump was in good was 17.
German who is believed to have alarm; many passengers were on board, Prague, Feb. 13.
that he had heard no
what cargo was carried, or its arder. It
When the girl's mother It was used for sanitary
saved the lives of thousands of
climbing a Belgium, Poand, Austria. and as far as he knew no mem opponents Rumania, Sweden, Switzerland,
ponsibility of
stock-pipe to a bedroom. forcett compradore ship was on fire horned the be denied responsibility, and later Chinese during the Japanese The thief, after not interfere. valve full. Pressure
the matter had been naasaerè în 1937.
Word of this German's good the catch of the window. Only one vakia are expected to participate of the passengers had seen the staff, and he did in the world and European ice fire started. He rushjal out He was not responsible for the The ship's dynamo, too. was in hockey championships, beginning and ordered the crew to take leading of cargo, but he was not working order, and there was a May 11, 1946.
The girl. In the witness-box, wide hunt for evidence again is that he may have been dist (Wa
of the i member or dangerous goods having
The theft was discovered, while The fire
Hang ba was in service. ships will be played under
been brought on board by pas ship's
Waite of the Japanese division alleghe narty was still on when Mrs. compradore staff, he was on the wd the discussloh about her age. system whereby each team plays extinguishers could not be used
Court
col- had never asked her age. The ed to have been responsible for Sonabend went to her bedroom. each other--Reuter
clumsy lat As regards the grille dcors of lecting charges from passenger child was born on July 1, 1946 the notorious "rape of Nan as they were tou
Guests were able to recall an extra which parked outside, but car whis 11 was deck to the upper deck, he had know when or how the Are start-
when they went to investigate it, The mother admitted that her. seen then closed and he could ed, nor the number of people on!
kad
gone. was" amidship and it spreading rapidly.
Mr. Sonabend is the head of a By 5.10 a.m. Captain Wherry not say definitely whether they the main deck. He was standing daughter used make-up and look-
were epened on the night of the near the Ne..4 cargo port.
ed elder than her age.
arge firm of London woollen Tavares who were opposed by
wharf, the whole are cr not.
Chan Tal-yau, a purchaser for In evidence Waite said he had Association in Nanking when thecharts Ll Thomas (Captain of the
The off-side
the city cargo ports are the catering department of the recently been demobilized after Japanese entered
The Society Gang" have robe keit1) . Lt. Evans. Pré. Mes- A decision to defer considera-ship being aflamed, and the
He opened when working of cargo
-boxes about 10 feet aft of the Hampshire Regt. When he first refugee shelter and is credited bed a number of other largo chersmidt, Lt. Bishop, Sgt. Gard. tlon for 12 months of proposal hent was so intensus that people closed
recent montha Cpl. Pil Sal Palmer, Cpl. that a fourth division of the the wharf had to flee. The ceases on instructions from the bone, aid as sleep on two five and a quarter years in the December, 1987.
stairway leading from the main met the girl he took her to be 17 with saving many thousands, yel
theer They generally prepare English Football League be fornitast of the passengers who had Revenue officers. Waterman and Cpl. Knowles.
the evening of Feb. 3 he deck to the upper deck. Near, him or 18 years old. She went with the Chinese have not been able as ed wax amounced after a meeting
went to bed at 0 p.m. and he was were some packages of paper but him to public-kouses and heyet learn his name. He is re-ground, thoroughly. in London today'
of the Third managed to do an had left the seientist Division (South) clubs.
ship's side; further escape was first aware of the fire at 5 am there were no tins. A famous British
bought her drinks, There were ported to have been recalled to the next morning DN be
BRITISH OIL notices there to the effect, that Germany in the summer of 1938- Cook's Story says the present atomic bombe.
The Third League (North) positie.
The last witness called was Pak girla under 18 must not be served and there to have held a series
IN RUMANIA are 600 times more powerful clubs recently postponed a drei-. Asked if he was aware that dressing. There was a commo.
The Judge: Do you think girls exhibitions of pictures he took than those
was told by the Chief Engineer
London, Feb. 1. of the aft portion Hiroshima.
ship, that the ship was on fre He he went on board at 4 a.m, and
tion to these notices?
Terman public the inhuman con-
ia The Rumanian Mission Captain Wherry said that by went to the bridge and called, went to the kitchen in front of
Waite: I doubt it, my lord. duct of Japanese troops. Rumours raw to their the nature of the locality of the the crew to
fire stations. the boiler room on the main deck
guccessful that the Hitler Govern London, discloses that British was From the top deck he could not to cook congee. When he heard he had left it was impossible for here say the exhibitions were x
in Ru- owned oil companies fire, possibility of escape
see the base colour of the Barne, shouts of fire he rushed to the those in the rear portion of the ment forbade him to continu mania last year produced." 31 precluded.
per cent of the total output of Questioned by the Court on but when he was on the wide cooked rice store near No. 4 cargo ship to get to this exit as the fire them under penalty of arrest.
at 5.05 am. the flame was red. port where he saw firs near the spreading so rapidly had cut off Municipal sources say the oil. steps taken on board to prevent
The fire was severest above starboard stairway. He could not their escape.
has re-
American-owned empantes. fire and to ensure fire fighting the engine room on main deck see what was burning, though he
the Police mayor by unknown. means Unit put it to witness.ceived word that the German, new were responsible for 12 per cent
about 69 years old, is still aliv
liv and the Soviet-Rumanian group two members of the compradere
an attempt to put out there. He that a lot of litter could have col with his family in a small town 28 per cent." stuff made an inspection of the
was behind a wooden counter lected, underneath the wooden somewhere in Germany and suf-
Cutput of crude oil last year made up of beards on two tables, counter since it was seldom swept fering great financial dificulties, vessel nightly to aed that every
People were running in ull and people had been known to If he can be found, the mayo
vo fell from 4,260.000 tons in 1945 thing was in order; and the
directions, and possibly those who sleep between it and the space for
wants to give him help in the to 3,860,000 toris, or little more crew were put through a rough
ran aft were trapped. He escaped storing cargo. He admitted that
name of a grateful Nanking and than half the pre-war peak.-- fire drill once in every eight
to the wharf through Ne. 4 cargo it was possible.
perhaps invite him and his family United Press.. and others got away days. They were familiar with
port,
back to China to live on a piem through the came exit, but after the position of the fire hose.
sion-Auociated Press. Water service on the wharf was for drinking water; he was Lot sure who was in control. On the night in question the key was missing
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of Nagasaki and slon on their attitude to a fourth people were trapped in the, cn outside and rushing out Chi, a' cook on the ship, who said under 18 would pay much atten- Nanking in order to show
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efficiency, Captain Wherry said He could give.no reason for the und others had used tankets in Waterfor Clark of
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The ship carried 32 bags of mail which were stored in the lower hold.
Bad Practice Asked for his opinion en the desirability of carrying cargo on the "tween deck where passengers were also accommodated, he said personally the practice was a bad one, especially where inflammable cargo was rand carried
The Court then adjourned fut | the luncheon recess
bax, had the hose connected to
was shooting
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The Court then adjourned so 9.30 am. this morning.
Suicide Popular In Sugamo
Tokyo, Feb. 14.
con-
Papen Met Hitler In His House
Nuernberg, Feb 14,
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The latest suicide attempt was Iron Grilles
When the Court resumed in Many of the 1,073 prisoners at that of Sgt. Yataka Sagae who is adyis the afternoon the arst Winess Sugamo prisen, where are held on trial in Yokohama for mis Questioned on the
was Chief Engineer S.O. Bu ability of storing cargo on the who said he was awakened ex-Premier Hideki Tojo and other treatment of Allled prisoners in end his le tween deck where passengers 4.45 am. by shouts of "free from major Japanese war crimes sus-Sendai prisch camp. Sagae was
fine. Evidence was concluded today out or ether, Allied correspondents by opening wera also accommodated, Cap-Loutside his cabin. He rushed out Feets, attempted, suicide, one time caught attemptres with pen tain Wherry replied he saw no in his pyjamas, ran towards the were told on the first group visit points and a rusty nail. He was in the de-Nazification trial of objection to this practice pro- alarm, grabbed a fire extinguishu ever permitted to the No. 1. Bas- rushed to the inurmary and saved. Franz von Papen, and the court
And wenz aft. When he got tille of Japanese occupation.
The correspondents found the vided there was proper super amidship he smashed à fire hose Colonel Francis W, McCray j prison, clean and well heated. President, Camille Sachs, an visigt.
He could give no reason for a hydrant, turned on the water, who condicted the tour, declined The prisoners were clethed and nounced that sentence would be the fire, and, he
locourt meets on Tuesday for the had no amidship he smashed a fire hose to name those attempting to end fed well. The only newspaper pronounced next Friday. The 2.66 pm-Close Dawn. Idea how it started or its cause deck to the lower deck. The their lives, but added all had been man previously admitted
Sugamo cellhouse was Associated final pleas falled. When he was on the wharf he Chief Officer then arrived and he
The prison contain bath war Press correspondent Tem
Kurt von Schroeder, German bert who last December
Checked saw the base of the flame was handed over to him.
Failing in his attempt to f
crimes suspects and those
prison conditions after Tojo and banker who helped finance Hit greenish with a blutch palagi to another fire hose he lock a fire victed in war crimes tribunale.
McCrary showed the corres-other major war comes trial de ler before he came to power, ing, which would seem to in- extinguisher and emptied it in
fendants complained that food, testified that Hitler and von dicale that some highly in-trying to get to the main deck. pondents a considerable number clothing and heat provided were Papen met in his Berlin home
suicide items which Dammable materials were burn-Fine, rd staircase, and; he get guards had
up from the of
possible
at Jan. 4, 1933, where Hitler the pri Inadequate Associated Press. from ing Tongues of fire were leap burat. He then tried to get a soners.
turned down proposals that the two paper ing to a height of 25 feet,
hose from the port side, but it covered caches of cranide. Chief
Nazi Party enter a coalition NEW U.S. ENVOY
with Hitler as Vice-Chancellor, 19. Tandan Hatays Wilfred Pla klas in "Haye. A. Go! The Quiz Captain Wherry was also was too late, and he had to climb among the confiscated items wer
TO BRITAIN
He said Himmler, Hess' and
risita Londonvrry. Musical 70 questioned on the iron grilles down from the boat deck to the cords and strips of coth for use stiangulation or hanging y Mate
Aration by Jack, Jardin. of the two stairways between wharf,
Wilhelm Kepler, Hiller's econ Nos. 2 and
beep tempta. Each items had 4 cargo. ports were the 'tween deck space and the
taken from Tojo, ex-Premier
Washington, Feb. 13, mic advisor, accompanied him cpen, he said, and so was the upper deck, which he said were grille of the starboard stairway, Baron, Kilduro and Toshio Shire-
President Truman is stul oo but did not take part in the never closed.
though he could not say whether tari, former Ambassador to Italy decided about the appointment of talks held, after nightfall to The next witness was Mr. G. that of the correpending star They all are defendants in the the new American Ambassador to prevent anyone seding Hitler
Britain and denied. that General L. Fenton, managing director way was so or not, though he major
arrive. mat Dwight Eisenhower, Army Chit of the Tung Ou S.S. C, knew from experience that it was owners of the "Sai On".","
"We are trying to defeat all of Staff, and Navy Secretary An affidavit from Konstantin Hr Fenton said the ship was vessel since 1938,
Witness had been with the laws of probability" said Me- James Forrestal were being con- von Neurath. said Goering told 11.00 Clone Ihre
Crary, explaining efforts of sidered for the diplomatie post. Neurath just before the War operated by the Company and
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The second engineer, Joseph by constant vigilance and patrol State William Clayton and Edwin that von Papen never wanted policy expiring en March 1 Lewis, seld he was awakened from of cell blocks which requires Fanler: American Reparations the Nasis in power but wanted 1947 Neither, the Company his sleep by smoke entering his Of watchers to look into every Commissioner, were not under
United ProsN, por he personally had ever re- cabin in the port side of the boat cell at least once every minute copalderation, as reported in the the Chancellorship himself -
Press Central News ecived any threatening, letters deck. He climbed down on to the of 24 hours.
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