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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JULY 21, 1947.
Today's Events NIPPARD WAS SHOT IN THE Low Output Rev. Mr. Stevenson
July 21--Chinu Coast. N, & E, Officers Guild meeting, 4 p.m.
Coming Events
July 22-Rotary Club Luncheon, 12.30 p.m. Speaker: Hubert Llang on "International Under. standing."
July 22 debate arranged by TOC Hat Talbot House on Thi State and Liberty. 8.30.
August 7-K & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co. Ltd. annual inveting, noon..
August 12-HK & S'hal Hotels
unnual meeting, noon-
for
PITY THE MEEK
Street
BACK IN COLD BLOOD
Sub-Inspector L. G. Nippard, of Lokmaɛhauj
Police Station, who was shot in the back after a gun battle with an armed gang of between 15 and 20 men at Ma Cho Lung, near the Shum Chun River, on July 15, is Vinaking good progress towards complete recovery, the "China Mail" was informed yesterday. PC Lau Chak-wah, who was with Nippard and who was wounded in the hip, has fully re- covered and will be leaving hospital either to- day, or tomorrow.
Inquiries made by the "China † stroke. He was helped along by ********* | Mail" revent that first reporta Lau who, when the water got of the outrage were not entirely too deep, carried his, helpless correct. It appears that the companion, on his back." two Pollee offeri were 'shot The four Chinose boys who down in cold blood when they were the first to tip the Police had their hands raised after officers off to the presence of having been surrounded. Both the three suspicious characters shots, fred by the same man. in the hut brought the nows were aimed at the officers' of the gun battle to Lokmachau
hip instead.
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TERRORISTS
EXECUTED ..
Saigon, July 20. Four Annamité terrorinis wore executed here on July 12, following President Auriol's rojection of their petition for mergu, it was officially an nounced yesterday.
They were found guilty of causing an explosion a ammunition, stepot, killing Frenchman, and leading an attack upon un electrio "all- station and fire brigade post in Saigon inat your.-Reuter.
stomach but hit PC Lau in the Police Station. A search FANTASTIC
Aleepers in different parts of the Colony have recently been called upon to pay certaju street sweepers 20 cents, nightly
The privilege of being per mmitted to sleep unmolested on the pavement. Any street sleeper who Is not agreeable to making thi small'e stribution is likely to find Nippard, seeing his
panion fall and realising that himself at the wrong end of broom in the early hours or bahia. assailant meant business, have his scanty bedding doused gave a nudder twist and received the ballet in his back. Both were lying in a paddy field when they were shot.
with water.
#
Swimming
was immediately sent out and com- had considerable difficulty locat-
in the two men.
MOUNTBATTEN STORY
London, July 20.
Elephants Hearts Are
"Short"
Johannesburg, July 20
Elephant hearts are short in supply. One must deal with the black market to get locust legs.
Cuttlefish powder and seal Błub- bor, considered excellent remedies for bleeding nones, are plentiful,
That
busi-
A report by wholesale dealers in South Afrien's native medicines. Their average
Jay Besa
yields them, each amount, up to £300, but they say they now are freed by post-war shortages many ingredients., Like stephant hearts, oftor hair
When Nippard and Lau were finally found, the search party had to build an improvised bridge (of bed boards borrow- The Rotary Club of ifong Kong will west tomorrow. at 13.30 on
ed from the villagers) before
The Sunday newspaper "Pro- In the Clutcester Hotel. Rotorlan
they could reach the inspector, { ple" reported today that Visure also hard to get today. Hubert Liang, who is making a With his legs paralysed, Nip-lying out in the swamps. count Mountbatten, Viceroy of tour of the Chino Clubs at the pard was unable to crawl and The China Mall" learns that India, hail hicen proposed as the Rotary International, was only able to make his way another due! between the Police King of a South German State request of
"Internationat across the flooded paidy ficks and an armed parly from across | stretching from the Dutch bor that they will have no nightmares. by swimming a sort of breast the Shumchum River occurred | der to Lake Conalance by re- Locust Jegs-considered essential
will speak cart Understanding."
Extraordinary
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VALUES!
HUARACHES
For
LOAFING,
HIKING
and
SPORTS.
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For LADIES & GENTLEMEN $17.00 pr.
For CHILDREN $8.00 up.
HURRY FOR YOUR SHARE AT
YEE SANG FAT
COMPANY, LTD.
King's Theatre Bldg.
Tel. 21356
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in the evening of July 16, the day after Nippard and Laut were No casualties were wounded. Austained on the British side. not known whether
I
German
presentatives of the Christian Socialist Party.
The Foreign Office called the proposal "fantastic," the paper
nty anys.
of the marauders were hit.
"Semi Official" Some of the villagers told the "China Mall" that they belleve the sharpshooters to he men bers of a acmi-official organisa- tion, as all those who crossed into British territory were wearing arm-bands and were
unusually well-armed even for
robber.ganga.
Information received from other sources state that the Commissioner of Police, Mr. D.W. Macintosh, personally visited a border stations on
name
"Lord Mountbatten'a was put forward for the crown of the proposed new State by Dr. Abehatier, ex-Lord Mayor of Cologne and the President of the Christian Socialist Party, in the British Zone," the "Peo- plo" states.
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Elephant hearts, when grated, burnt and inhaled before retiring, are reputed to assure sleepcr
From Ruhr For Union Church Coal Mines
Berlin, July 29. The coal-rich.... Ruhr, earmarked for substantial contributions to European recovercy under the Marshall plan, has been unable to moet even the needs of Industries
At a meeting of Members of Union Church, after the morning Service yesterday, it was unani- mously decided to invite the Rev. G.N. Steven- son, M.A., Glasgow, to the Pastorate of Union Church,
The Chairman, Mr. Finnlo† Church and the lead he gave to stated that after the. War, Union Its re-establishment,
Mr. Church found, Itself without a Stevenson was born in Scotland in' the American zore adequately, | building' and without a Church; and took his degree of Master Gen Lurlus D. Clay said today. novertheless considerable · pro- of Arts in the University of In his semi-monthly report to greas had been made. Members Glasgow. At present he is the Washington, Gen. Clay said that of the Church had been called Minister of Inveraven Parish zone plants are receiving smaller together and
Ballindalloch, regular Sunday! Church,
Bak coal supplies than last year" and services had now been held for fanshire, and he is due for de "Jack of coal and electric power some months, albolt in the struc- mobilisation in the next few has already begun to affect factory surea which were not normally months. output generally."
| designed for Church worship.
A Building Fund had
the opened for
reeting a new Union
Gen. Clay nftributed the de.
crease to "low Ruhr coal produc. tion, allocation for domestic uses and steekpiling for pubile utilities and railroads."
(mines
In spite of food incentives and recruiting. programmes, Buhr production in Juho averaged dally-one per only 26,500 tona cent above the May figures, Clay seld.
Meanwhile coal experts In Gen. Clay's headquarters put the blame on Western Germany's smashed transportation system. One ex. pert pointed out that stoclepon of more than 1,000,000 tons have uccumulated in the Ruhr but "there is no way to get it out of there." United Press.
in the brewing of the best native Senate
brerance sold for fourpence a tin. but today they are sold only on the black market at much above the controlled price.
kinds of wild animal fat at two One still can buy 60 different shillings ninepence bottle. Some 800 herbal remedies also are available. Hippoputumus' fat in the most popular, followed by the fats of the crocsdile, nython,
zard and whale,
Powdered snake bones are con-
"Headed by Dr. Schreiber. editor of the Party's newspaper, sidered a sure cure for backaches, a group of Christian Socialists but then are no native remedies have just returned to Germany, for tuberculosis And diabetes. after making soundings in Bri- They are considered white men's tish Government and Court ciri disenses, cles.
All wholesale houses hire quali- fied analytical chemists to muka
They were surprised at the Saturday morning and issued chilly reception which met their sure that none of the medicines fresh instructions regarding suggestion. It was cold-shoul- sol are poisonous Associated
to be dered on all sides."-Reuter. preventive adopted.
measures
In connection with patrol duties along the border, the "China Mail" learned that Police parties are supposed to consist of at least five mem- bers one of whom, if on night duty, in to be armed with a Sten gun. The difficulty in carrying out this regulation lles in the fact that stations are seldom up to full strength due to absence on sick leave, etc,
SWIMMING FATALITY
A swimming fatality occur. red at Laichfkok at about 5.35 p.m. on Saturday, when a row ing boat containing Leo Sze mui, aged about 23 years, and four other persons, including a European, capsized about 25 yards from ahore. Lee Sze-mul, a non-awimmer, was helped ashore by her companions and artificial respiration applied. She died before arrival at the Kowloon Hospital.
PILSENER
CLEAR, SPARKLING AND REFRESHING
IS
The Best Of Them All
HR
THE HÔNG KONG BREWERY & DISTILLERY, LIMITED,
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IN STRATEGY IN MANCHURIA?
Peiping, July 20
Confirms Royall
been purpose of Church,
It
Amah Has To Open Her Hand
and he was pleased to add that plans were now being drawn up and would be presented for
Local street arching whɔ usually Members approval in the near future. He could not give any operate in the vicinity of markets the actual havé recently hit upon the bright definite date when
Idea of using long, sharp anted bullding, would, commence.
bambook with which to lift items would be governed by the coal of foud, such as ment and fish, of building and the amount in from the open type of baskets the rebuilding fund. He urged carried by many amals when members who had not sent in marketing their contributions to the latter. The action is a quick and the to do so.
teach so light that the vitim very koloni discovers the loss until it
euential feature and
"But," he continued, "the third
perhaps the most important in the re- habilitation of a Church, is the appointment of a Minister,"
The Church in Hong Kong had
Is too inte.
Another band, which is interested in hard cash than items of food, finds it more profitable to keep on the lock-out for uniaty who tender a $10 nate in payment a vital role to play in the Colony's a small purchase. future. They were all only tool As soon as the change is in the often aware of the degeneration; hands of the emah, one of the of the general moral level of ex, armed with a piece of wo
epiked with
gramophons necities, Hong Kong since the War, and approaches the umah and gives If that very necessary recovery her, a sharp dig in the back of tha of moral values, was to be hand. The sharp pain naturally Washington, July 20, achieved in this part of the causes the amah to open her hand. world, every Christian organian there is a mnd scramble by other As the money falls to the ground, members of the enng, whh wenttor in different directions almost Immediately.
The Senate today unasilniously confirmed the nomination Kenneth C. Royall to be Secretary
of War.
achieve that end, of tlon would be called upon to Christiana, Rud
Members
Union Church, it was thely bounded'; duty to ensure that this end was successfully accomplished,
Members would, he felt, agree that the appointment of a Minister was really necessary.
He will hold the job only until President Truman signa Armed Forces
the Unification B which is at present In conference after the House of Representa- tives passed its version on Satur- day.
GOC TO GIVE AWAY PRIZES
HE, the G.0.C. Major-General Mr. N. Garland, in proposing Erskine, will distribute the Prize. terson under whom he served as Committee of Management Le School annual Speech Day to be Royall succeeds Robert P. Pat- that the recommendation on the Certificates at the Diocesan Boys' Under-Secretary.
accepted. stated that he fully held at 5.30 p.m. tomorrow After the unification, Royall is endorsed the remarks of the which the Rt. Rev, R.O. Hall wijl expected to become Secretary of Chairman. The Church could reside. the Army-a non.cabluet post- not hope to play the part which] All parents, Old Boya, and
under the new National Defence.
Secretory
nt
of it wished, and ought to play, un- friends are cordially invited. Toa
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Mr. Royall's nomination raises 13 a Minister was leading the will be served at. 4.30 p.m. speculation whether Secretary of spiritual welfare of the Mem- Navy James Forrestal will be ads) bers. The proposal was second-
Budapest, July 20. ed by Dr. vanced to the
Ashion, and Wast
The new Hungurlan elections passed unanimously. defence job.
The Rev. G. N. Stevenon is Erno Gero, the Minister of Com- will be held on August 31, Dr. Well-known in the Colony, having munications, announced in # mando Battalion, while stationed the elections were necessary bu been Chaplain to the 3rd. Com speech at Cycer. He said that
In the Colony.
neuse two years age the countr Shortly after the refounding voted badly by sending prople
Leftwing backing, Including the
married to Mr. Royall's half. Porty. Steel Is
slater-Upiled Press.
supreme national į
Immediately. after Royall's nomination, the War Department A possible change in Nationalist strategy in Man- that relations between him and irtued a formal statement saying churia is believed in the making here with the his brother-in-law radio com- prospective departure of General Tu Yu-ming montator. Johannes Steel, are! for the United States on sick leave." His de Umiled to "family contacts." of Union Church he was ap Perlucent who had deceived tno parture will leave Nationalist operationalist
Steel, a naturalised citizen of pointed Superintending Miniater, masses by putting the country's operations in Manchuria in charge of his de- Congress in New York City with the work he did on behalf of the linally fed etnord-Beuter.
German birth, last year ran for and won a high reputation for independence for scle and had puty, General Cheng Tung-kuo. Attention-here- in focussed on changing hands several times Comiaunist the aren southeast of Szeping- before being finally held by the Ral where a Communist with Nationalists. drawal was
About 60 miles south of Ta- gress.
wenkow, the city of Tenghalen
Tokyo, July 20, was reported besieged by the
of The Japanese Ministry Reds who, Nationalist dispatches Communications announced that indicated, had been keeping It will "purge" all postcards and Government units on the defen postage stampa boaring mill- taristic and Shinto designs. Nationalist rellef columns | Stamps with the designa from the South pushed past General Nogi, Admiral Togo Kwanchino, 12 miles south of and other high-ranking membera Neutral observers arriving Tenghalen, making headway to of the Japanese armed forces hore from Manchuria doubled word the beleaguered city.As will be prohibited after Septem whether the Nationallata had suclated Press.
reported in pro.
The question is whether he Nationalists will be able cut them off as they retre toward Halling on the Mukden-Kirin rallroad.
The Communists generally are able to move faster than the Nationalists,
unough troops to pursue the
"obylous" step of sending
Drea
aevoral columns directly down to the Hallung
from Changchun or Kirin to intercepti the retreating Reds.
Heavy Rains
:
The observera in question took the view that if a major battle did not develop in a fow days in the Sinn-HsHeng-Melho kow area, whore the Reda now are reported to have their main foreds of three columns, there may be no major fighting in Manchuria until late August or Soptember.
stvo,
ber 1 this year.-Reuter.
Nazi Disintegration
In 1944
Washington, July 19.
of
Captured German documents released by the Navy today showed almost a complete disinte- gration of the German Army and Navy in 1944.
Doenite told the Euehrer on
The documenta, which cover One: German admiral declared ed, n beries of conferences be- that the leadership of the Army tween Hitler. and Admirál Kári | was "downright stupid." An- Doenitz, also showed that the other said the contribution of Nazi High Command was dis- the Army was "absolutely zero" If the battic fails to matert unging long-range plans of in the night drainst Allied land- Valide now it wi}} indicate the length as late as December 1944, Inga
Nationalists have falled to cut only five months before the off the retreat of the Commun, Gorman surrender... ists who then would be able to In September 1944, Doemitz, Dec. 8,-1944, that he planned return to their main base at proscated to the Fuehrer, a to send 10 to 15. Gernian Nayal Yenki in Southeastern Manchuria deries of reports from admira's officers to Japan to study large- if need be.
of port Installations in Nor- seq'c' sen warfare. This was Cho Heavy rains, already started, mandy. The reports blistered time when the Japanese ficot possibly will deter both sides the Nazt army for its fallure to was bottled up in home porta from trying to initiate any new cooperate with the German by heavy American ald raids, action through moat of August, Navy
Uniton Press
Time for the regathering of forces and supplies also will be needed by both sides.-A530- cinted Pross,
Nanking Claim:"
· Nanking, July 20. The Central News claimed tow day the'; Nationalists in Shan- tung had 'recaptured Tawenlow,; about 18. miles south of Talán of the Tientsin Puków rallway, and are now in "hot pursuit" of the Communists retreating the direction of Nanyi, Idukou- ehf. Comnfuntät: Headquarte Best China F
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