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HONG KONG, FRIDAY, MAY 9, 194
SHANGHAI RICE RIOTS
Price Of Grain Continues To Rise
Dealers Ask For Protection
Shanghai, May 8.
Rice riots spread through Shanghai today as the price of China's staple continued to climb up- wards reaching a new high of CN$360,000 per picul. The majority of shop owners refused to open their doors for fear of violence.
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HONG KONGITES, Formosan
PLEASE NOTE
Birmingham, May 7. People who e in campeded Вniener aliere! think #price before quarelling. judar, dinusinsing
wait today.
Graham
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Barker brought The Auit on the grounds that after he had argsed with h wife Marg, she went to sleeu in the poly other room to the house--her stepfather's, Ferr ker
adultery alleged
taken place.-Faited Press.
British Food Crisis
War Crimes
Trial
Prisoners of War at Heito Camp in Formosa were continually sick in what amounted to a re- pular cycle of illnesses, Comfort Mr. R. C. M.
BERMUDA TO STAY BRITISH
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Lundan, May 1 Britain has made it clear to Br
That hoa ng intention of tranfer- zing the movereignng of the culanty to the United Staten to help zemny the Aarericon loan, the Colna! Secretary, Mr. Artling Breech Jupes, de- eloved in the Hanne of Cum- mona today. Such a shunten- kou had thern miała in the American prest,
Answering a question, Me, Creech Juara muist that the fiovernor of Bernina Ze Autorinne fuat Morch stute that the British Gorsne ment didnt contemplate sp transfer of Weitinh colitica aud
## dependencies
the Western Hemisphere, - Rous
BAT.
(who was a POW at He Club Tennis
10)
No. 7 told
War
Crimes Court yesterday Tourney
when trial continued of
DISTINCTIVE
PORTRAITURE
ASIA STUDIO 10 Ice House Street.
Interporters Off Shanghai
To Shanghai
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The Hong Kong Interport Football team, compos- ed of seventeen players, leave today by a C.N.A.C. plane for Shanghai where they will play four games.
With the exception of Powell and Fung King- cheong, the players chosen were the most out- standing in the Football League just conclud- ed and it is expected that they will be able to hold their own in the Northern port. V
Rust of
Star To Play Here
After a short Intermisalon, the Colony is soon to be treated again to some very-much-bao- ter-than-average Teunis, and the date selected in Tuesday, the 18th next Tuesday.
The Hong Kong Cricket Club Cheng Kam-hol, the Slug) Shanghai Chinese
This as before, spottsor Tao player, has been brought in Hong Kong and Shanghai, to the party at the Inst momeut. The following is the probable Tennis on their thoroughly rest
et grass Stand Court, and wine to an ankle injury, to team for the Interpurt:
Craske; Hau Yung-sang and local Charities will be enrich- Steen of the Royal Navy, hurt
Chung-ed by the public outpourings, in the junior game on Sunday. Tse Kam-hung: Lau
The following are the mem- ang Vice Captain), A. Airas for possibly some 3 hours of Fung Kwan-shing: Te fine contrasting styles of play. bers of the alde: Cruske and Yu and Kal-yan
Has Kan-ho. Sullivan or Lai Shlu- (goalkeepers),
To the many Shanghailandora Yang-sang and The Kam-hung Wing or Chau Mau-chi (Cup now here, the name of Lewis
A.
Sewell, Sullivan,
Lai
Backs), Lau Chung-san. A tain). Airosa. Fung Kwan-ching, Sbiu-wing or Chau Man-chi and Sheppard Chalves). Te Kam To Chan-ting.
The team returns to ho. Chan Man-chi, Sewell, Sui
Hong
Ryan. Lai Shin-wing, Cheng Kong on Saturday, May 17, Shanghai-the City "Ahave the Kum-ho, Ho Ying-fun and D. plane. Carvalho (forwarde).
Jack, f
Col. Nakano Junichi, The following, is die programme]
Of these,, Sheppard and Car- commanding officer of of the Hong Kong Cricket Clule's
tennis kotisiment çelab svetlon) valho can also play al POW Camps in Formo-
today: ---
while Cheung: Kam-hoi, Sullivan { Men's Su, and two of his subor-
Singles Championship, and Chau Man-chi nre all' use- ful to the intermediate line. In Second Round. -- dinate officers.
Court No. 1: Coptain R, Baxter the forward line, Sewell is more v. J. P. Bruyere.
at home on the right wing than Court No. 2: T. J. Gouli v. V..in the leader's berth and the other forwards can play in any Segalen
position.
London. May 8.
The eyele would start with Lord Woolton, Britain's war-
malaria, Mr. Comfort said, lead- time Minister of Food, said on Wednesday that Great Britaining to a inss of appetite and re- ia in danger of fond crisis vision against the rice
be followed by as serious as Inst whiler's coat This would eriais.
orden and starvation diarr
dict.
Men's Singles Bandleap, Serond Round:
American Baseball
New York, May 8. Cardinal Centerfielder Terry Moore cracked
It will be seen that the team homer with one on base
Court No. 3: A. W. Stratis compacted of players who can
Carson is a Tennis watchword. as he is the undisputed Cham- of the 4 millona Ja ptors
Sen" No one has crented more Teunis history in China thnh Lew Carsin and the years to come will shim making him grand record even more pregnable.
im-
The challenge will see Corson, Champion of Shanghai, trying) enelusions with Yip Koon Hoong, the new Champion of this Colony. The match will be
a the best of five sets.
in the seventh inning to
in the recent Colony Opens,
Koon Hoong shewed that,
with eontbred "practies, he de-
"I consider that the nation's how me the appetite came back. (Serð v. H. J. Armatron (5) more than one position and enable St. Louis to beat finitely lus the muttle of a Far
food is inadequate to maintain the nation's health" Lord Wool tan, eluirman of the Gut live party, told the House of
Lords,
He spoke 24 hours after a British dietician, Dr. Franklin Bicknell, anid in at magazine article that "England is dying of starvation."
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sul the POW would gravely rerover would be down with malaria
pain.
from this when
virtually
Found:--
Brooklyn 2 to 1 in the National League.
Curt No. 4: 11. Death (en)
be
v. K. M. Getz (--31.
Mackle
with a fair share of luck re- Men's Doubles Handicap, Fina Karding injuries, should
well in most, if not all pranver Court No. 5: M. E. 1. Bayree and Al, W. Turner (Plus 17.12 1. Propiet which J. D. (Ser.).
do
their
It was Pitcher I wie Potlet's first win at the RenSON
Second Round: --
suma
Tip to Decendier, 1942. there Tas) drugs at were Heito, The allicers then clubbed to raise 500 yen together Nhaking. May 8,
with which monthly.
First Available Court:-A. G. Pukons, southern terminus of
Innasse Medical NCO would Meise and N. Hart Baker (Ser.) Tientsin Pukow rallway
of the more
v. M. Pugh and B. C. Fay (40) the Yangtze River
make purchases from
the drugs. During
Secund Available Court: -G was thrown into dis.
the helpless w. Sewell and C. W. L. Way BETINGEL, A government. prebar of under yesterday when a mub t 6.880 Toma from thusroon is be- 2,010) hungry workers. angered might cause some alarm but he sick would amount to ne many (Ser.) v. V. E. Mackay and W. J.
predicted that the level of foodus 200 out of a total comple-Liddle (Plus 3). ing unloadleut.
officers and in general nine stocks
would in-ent of 60 meat in mutinuing to allowate shops and taking 320 bags of rice, crease future.-Associatoi, olhe ranks.
to him by Siamese government arrived in Shanghai.
Mentwhile the vity
2,000
bags daily, t
shop.
by rising prices, swept dawn on merchants, wrecking Pites Poker.
varine A small group of police was
jchased away when they tried t
intervrar and ne policeman wos worked.
500 Per Cent Rise
The price of rice in Shanghai į The police, plus an army bat
זיין :50
cent
gation of gendurines from
Lord Henderson. replying for the Government, said that cur- rent stocks of wheat and flour
Press.
or rice from the usual CN$200.00 per bag to NC$230.00 and an hour later to NC$300,000.
husewives went bune
Herrasary malaria
440
When contract working part- | les were started, the working parfy quotas were filled in from men who were on the sick list.
The Programme The team is scheduled to play four games as follows:
Saturday - Hong Kong Shanghal (Interport)
Sunday long Kong Combined Chinese.
Kony
ν
the
East Champion-the. Bealdes this he is in perfect training.
will be very interesting" to! against see how he fares in Shangbni! three defents. Brooklyn seured Is this"Autumn, when he goes up tone run In the eighth inning to ptt his skill against the all- when Rightfielder Dixie Walker, cumer's opposition there, who had doubled, crossed
As far as tennia aptitude is plate cn Calcher Bruce Edward's concerned either player may be v single.
deemed unlucky to lose, and cold Rain and unseasonably
have seen experts who
both weather brought another wave players think there is little to of postponements, the Cardinal choose, Le. on present form, be- tween them. With a gruelling Het match at stake it may very Possibly be decided by physical endurance, for the man who
V
Tuesday Hong Combined Non-Chincas.
Thursday-Hong Kong and Dodger contest being the caly day
TOURISTS TIE DOWN CANTAB BATSMEN
London, May 7.
There were always a number of han incretised
Teing from tropical the sie January when it "uld suburbs, restored order, arresting The
nters who needed rest, but were UN$60,000 per pirul,
Jane Hobsters, Martial law was with emply baskets and told their not given the opportunity. Dur- During the last weeks the later devared and gendarmes husbonds, who decided to marching the period he was at leito The South Africans were in a strong position, be- price of other hard protejere posted at rice shops. foodstuffs has increased 50 per- In Pakow, known as the "pau. shops were located, and smashed 1943.
* pers", rasen," housewives found up the shops. The merchants, took iumsiet more than 100 percent | mr hats. had upped the price to their heels,-- United Press,
ront white, imported
in some cases and reblom-leves
than 75 percent.
Priens of other congnoditi »
declined slightly because of the
tight money market,
The slump was started by A
in general tobaggnoing
The
share market where prices of all shares dropped to the bot-f tom limit.
With rash scant. must cost-
up Chinkua
Street, where
Marshall's
To Chang Chun
's Tribute
ttie
Washington, May 7.---
modity hoarders unloaded their The U.S. Secretary of State, General Marshall, in Foods to secure cash Ass1= | cinted Press,
More Rioting
More than 200 riev” dealers! this morning askedt Mayur K,C, We for effective protect is i bainst med us isolated riut»; ing continued in the western districts,
COAS
City Government ulicials res vealed passilde changes in the present" rationing system, sub-
milted to the Centruj authori-
ties for a nire »lective" dis- tribution of food.
In reply, Mayor Wu promised
RADIO
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his first press conference since his return from Moscow, today paid tribute to the new Chinese Prime Minister, Chang Chun. General Mar- shall said he regarded Chang as a personal friend and admired him very much. He hoped the new Cabinet could do something construc-
58
from November, 1912, to June,
there
about were deaths among the POWs,
ing six runs in front with six wickets in hand at the end of the first day's play in their match against Cambridge University.
The Cambridge batsmen were so tied down that they were only able to score 116 in over three- hours' batting in their first innings. In reply, the South Africans had made 122 for four at the close of play..
A ment or fish ration WAS fasued about once every sight 01! nine days. The largest quantity ever received at one time was 10 lb, of shark meat. The dirt otherwise consisted of a mixture of rice and barley and a small quantity of Houp Just a plusing to the urists favoured with soy sauce, Red was the improved form of some fross parecis were not issued of their key men. particularly ill some months after they John Plimsoli and Dudley Nourse. arrived and were finally issued On a wickel which did not afford in opened half-tins.
him any help, I'limsoll, left arm ile remembered Nakano medium fast bowler, kept up a three sustained attack of good length vrniting the Camp on
| occasions, Nakano seemed to be and direction and toolt fear for 35. Nourse, previously untucky in the e- more interested in fablishment and fixtures at the being dismissed before he
settled down, showed Can than in POWs.
+
tive toward forming a representative Govern New Cricket
ment.
Laws
The Secretary recalled that when he was in China he had hoped to obtain funds for the recon- struction of the Canton-Hankow railroad and harbour development near Tientsin, but so far there had been no
Jaws of success in arranging that.
Asked what were the possibili.
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In
6. General Marshall has
deadline for the Export-Import | financial aid to France. Bank credit to China, General 7. Considerable preliminary
tles of extending the June 30 plan for proposing extraordinary were unanimously adopted as the
nli
Bis
Filipino Boxer In Scotland
game played in cuits.
the major cir-
In a night game, Boston defeat. ed Pittsburgh 3 to 2.
of
and
the
to
Freezing temperatures in the can thunder up to the net to midwest caused the postponement volley time and again in
three American games the final sets is usually found New York.Cleveland; Washing. be the winner, ten-Detroit
Ten Linesmen Boston-Chiengo
plus the Net contests..
Umpire and Umpire, making 121 These brought the totul post- | in all, wijt be required and are ponements to 53 gaines in 23 asked to be in their places be playing dates this season. The fore the muteh is due to com- National Lengue already has 28 mence. With seating accom extra doubleheaders piled up and medation limited to only 300 in the American League 24.
the $2 Section and voine 500 In The schedule
be will top- the 81 Section, it may be neces- heavy with twin bills if the bad eary to reserve a block of seats weather continues. The postpone for Shanghai supporters. How ments have been costly at the ever, as in the past, it will ba bcxoffices where the teams have best to get through the silles by been robbed of valuable time to 5.1 us the Single, Shanghai develop newcomers before the versus Hong Kong, will teo off. May 15
reducing at 5.30 sharp.-C.W.L.W their resters.
Scores:
deadline for
National League
St. Louis
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Prestwick, May 8. Brooklyn Dado Marino arrived today at hnel
Winning pitcher, Pullet, Prestwick airport en route to Pittsburgh
where he meets Cham-Boston pion Jackie Paterson of Scot- Winning pitcher, Kuri,
class, although he did not attempt to open his shoulders till his eye
WRA it,
land for the world
flyweight
o
--Associated Press.
Dunlop Golf Tourney
Southport, May 7. Notman Von Nids, of Aus 2tralia, and Norman Sution, of Leigh, former Tranmere Rovera footlutter, ench with rounds of 70 shared the lead at the end 1. B. Datta, of India, made af boxing title.
of the first round proper in the; useful 20 for the University, scor- The Filipino challenger was.
Dunlop-Southport 42,000 pro- ing with con@drut strikes
all accompanied by big
fessional golf tournament round the wicket and we clean three sparring partners and a hockey team arrived at London the Hesketh course here today. bowled Alon Melville' when the
personal chef,
airport today from Montreal They were followed by Max South African captain appeared
for a six-weeks tour, during Moulkner, winner last year, C. all set for a big score,
London, May 7 The Anal draft of the revised cricket-Brst published Junuury-subject to amend.
Close Of Play ments to laws 22, 28, 33, and 37,
Clese of play scores of first- new code of laws governing the conduct of the game at the MCC class games were:-
At Cambridge Cambridge 110 ZBW Hong Kong broadcasting Marshall, said the National Ad-planning has been done for implc. nnunt general meeting at Lords
(Plina:11 four for 35, Dawson today. on a frequency of 845 kilocyclen vistry Council would have to de-menting the Greco-Turkish aid
South Afrloons 122 from 12.00 to 2.00 p.m. und 6.30 | ekde on that.
programmes, but all specific action agreed that
further unanim:ustytwo for 22.
these laws should for four (Melville 35, Nourse 32, to 11.00 p.m. and also on 9.52 General Marshall sold at the awaits final Congressional
Wiljcen 24 nol out). megacycles in the 31 metre band opening of the
come into effect in 1948, These Conference that proval. from 13.30 to 1.15, 8.30, to 7.30 he had no
At Oxford-Yorkshire 380 for the MCC more announcements or 8. Congressional cuts in State new laws took and 9.00 to 11.00 p.m.
formal atatements to make and Department appropriatirns
than two years to complete, and six (Hutton 103, Wilson 51, Yard-
ley 84, Coxon 50). nay.
At Lords: Surrey forthwith rpened the conference embarrassing General Marshall's consist of 47 instead of the pre
200 (Fish. to questions,
sent 60. It is the fourth tevision of the laws, but it is the frstock 50). M.C.C. 43 for three. Covering the whete field
At Portsmouth Hampshire
19.10 p.m.-Daily Progresamte Summary. 12.ER 11.m.- Varity.
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Ansolentenla,
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Karr.
the question and answer sesalen were:
Highlights
1. General
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work for peace.
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London, May 7. Ottawa all-atur lee-
on
He plans to eat special food which it will play a series of I. Ward, of Little Aston, Reg including soy bean sauce, rice, 13 matches against the English Whitcombe, of Parkstone, K -canned meat, sugar and chic-| at Wombley's Empire Pool Dalby, of Finchley, and W. D the United States kena sent weekly by alr from arena. The first
is Smithers, of Sunningdale, each match during his scheduled for tomorrow night with rounds of 72. stay in Scotland. - Associated against the Wembley team.---- The Belgian golfer, A. Dej Presa.
United Press.
vulder, of Royal Zoute, who with Von Nida were the only overseas players to qualify for the tournament proper yester day, had a first round of 80.
Polish In
Stars. Stuck
Britain
London, May 7.
two foremost Davis Cup tennis stars will not be able to compete in the second round matches against Great Britain at Warsaw be- cause of visa difficulties.
reply recorved forelyn relations, highlights of General: Marshall's letter to the time for 63 years that the NCC beat Royal Navy by innings and The "Daily Telegraph" said tonight that Poland's
havo attempted the complete re-18 runs. Hampshire 310 (Holt 92, Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr.
vision,
|Corkell 70). Riyal Navy 189 (Lieu-| Vyacheslav Molotov, regarding re-
There are no drastic alterations tenant Boys 80) and 132 (Heath convening Dí Soviet American
In the conduct of the game, rather, Marshall thinks tulks on Koran,
the MCC have sought to remove : ambiguities-Reulor,
WODSUNG STREET
. "Ambrose anil An", Anime & the State Department should take
His Orchestra, with Anne Shelus over · from the War Department. (Vocal),
7.00 pm-8: "You Asked For 1
Variety Request Prostramnte
ringed by Lynn Fraser.
8.00 p.m.--Lordon Itemy: World News,
from Belinin
8.15 pm-London Transcription Bervier
-"Bershede to the Buara”.
7
USIS:
elimination of funds for the State
the administration of Vnlted The Secretary said complete
Sintes occupation areas.
2. United States officials are Department's foreign information considering machinery fir draft- and cultural programme' was serl.
BROTHEL
five for 27)-Reuter.
RUGBY LEAGUE
London, May 7. Rugby League results were: Bellevue Rovers & Widnes, 13.
Another round will be play ed tomorrow and the leading 40 players will qualify for the final two rounds on Friday to complete 72 holes-Reuter.
K.C.C. BOWLS**
TEAMS
The following will réprésent Ignacy Tłoczynski and Czeя- bably feared they would be un-K.CC. In a friendly game againsk law Spychola were named to able to secura re-entry vians the Club de Recreio at K.C.C. àn lead the four-man Polish Davis from the British,
Sunday at 3.15 p.m.. Cup, aqund" against Britain on
J. Chubb, J. Fraser, A. EF May 15, 16 and 17.
Am a Polish subject," Guest and T. A. Madar. (Skip). The Telegraph said that Spychala sald, according to the W. C. Hung, G. Lee, J. Orem 810 p.m.-Landon Relayı Home Newsing the Japanese peace treaty but ous at a time when the Depart Lo Hi, 29, widow, was at Castleford 12 Workington 19. Tloczynski had been waiting Telegraph, but my papers were, and E. C. Fincher. (Skip).
sent known.. nothing definite thereon is at pre-ment should be deploying Its Kowlton yesterday fined $260 Bramley, 7 Leeds 26.—Reuter, for a Polish visa from the Bel-saued. In British. I would need." W. J. Howard, V. C. Labrum,
forces everywhere. He said the and recommended to be evicted
tish authorities "for Home Polish visa to return.. I do. J. Stevens and F. C. Goodwin 3. The State Department will Department was engaged in" from her prontises ly Mr. BOCA present to Congress a daan- battle fer peace and was not de- Latimer when she pleaded washing, found guilty on three no intention of returning to circumstances I want to do so."
Cheung Muk,wing and Chan time" and that Spychala "has not think that in the present (Skip).
J. W. Leanard, L. G. Eastman: claj ald programme for Kcrea. mobilizing.
All available seats have been T Lock and M. N. ^ Rokumen. service was guilty to keeping 98. Woosung counts of demanding money with Poland for the match f The information
A Polish Embassy spokesman old for the first international | (Skip). the recent steps to broaden the highly important, he revealed, and Street, second floor, as
menaces," were 'sentenced by Mr. Chinese Government, were in the he did not want to go into any brothel. Soven girls and three Justice T. J. Gould, to 12 year in London told the United Press lawn tonnia match to be held in
was not Poland since the war. Accord Printed and published for the right direction..
futuro international conferences European males were found on
hard labour that the Embassy Imprisonment with 5.* Reports, of Anglo-American | whère : che.
could say the promises, which contained on each couns, the sentences to aware of the players! problem. the to International rules," Once pmerlator, The 31. Mamparar 10.30 povj.-Verdi's ""Rigoletto"-Art 1. differences over the merging or anything and the United States four cubicles, when the place run concurrently, Mr. A. J. CB. He cald there would be no dif- a Davis Cup team has been Enterprise, Latitud, by Walms
Prado Chorus, and Orchestra their zones in Germany, se sk-could ay nothing to combat such was raided by SI W. G. Minstion ford, assisted by ABP Wilcox, feuilles from the Polish-Em-named It cannot be altered. FAME KRATA: Windage – Lou
Augernted.
allegationes United (Prem, z [ on the night of May 7, i prosscuted on: biliair of the Crown. bassy but that the players pro- United Press..
1,10_19,99===|3}g Crosby and the Andrews
Bislets.
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