Today's Events Kowloon
August 5-Rolary Club lunch! 12.30 p.m. Speaker: Sir Henry Blackall, C.J., on "The Jury and other Judicial Systems,"
Coming Events
August 7-HK & Kowloon Whart
& Godown Co. Lid, onnual meeting, noon.
August 7--Inaugural meeting of
K. Counell of Women, YWCA. Duddell St., 5.16 p.m. August 7-oyal Marines Assn: Inaugural meeting, 5.30 p.m. August 12-BK & Shai Hotela
annual medling, noon.
Watchman On Theft Charge
Plans
Match
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1047,
Manufacturer Alibi In CABINET CHANGES IN
Big
Factory
Although Hong Kong's safety match industry, is among the first casualties of Japan's re-entry Into the local and Southeast Asia markets, at least one manufacturer is not discouraged but
S'hai
Readers Letters Shooting
St. Nazaire
Sir, was somewhat surprised to find that in your account în Page 4 this morning of the de- dication of a monument at St.
took them there,
be-
rency and gold bars.
Polce said they are checking a statement from Archer that he was at a movie theatre at the time of the killing on Fri- day night
BRITAIN LIKELY: YOUNG MEN WANTED
London Aug. 4. Informed Labour sources said they expected Premier Clement Attlee may re- shuffle his Cabinet before Parliament reconvenes on Oct. 20 after the summer 'recess.
They believed he may seize on the change of India's position and Burma's impending choice of independence or Dominion status to retire one or two veteran Ministers who have been under fire and bring younger blood into the Cabinet. After India joins the Dominion, occupation army of Germany;.
thent
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Fuel and Power Minister bel Emanuel Shinwall was attacked
Shanghai, Aug. 4. Nazaire to those who took part in les Archer denied today Hong Kong-born Char- "Operation Charlot" no mention was made of the part played by involvement in the slay- Coastal Forces and the Royal ing of Yu Shen-pao, des- Navy. Without in any way littling the work of the Comman-cribed by his wife as а dos. I think dne credit might also sidewalk black market have been given to the mon who dealer in foreign cur-family-ae India and Pakistan and which took part, 10 were sink by Of the 18 Motor: Launches
on Aug. 15, the Earl of Lis- 65-year-old First Lord of the towel, at present Secretary of Admiralty Viscount Hall.
U.S. Move is making plans for the future to compete cost-range gunfira from the
State for India with foreign products.
eneo and four more had to be
will become Secretary only for
and Burma, Shinwell And Strachey To Save The Hong Kong Match Fne- nine months after the Libera- scuttled owing to the damage they
Burma. He might Bustained. Naval casualties, too, tory, which recently purchased tion a case of matches brought were higher--85.killed or missing
shifted to a new portfolio or bitterly by both Conservativen Manpower a 13,000 square-foot lot in four to five times the pre-war and 100 prisoners of war, an com- Chun Kim Yau, 47, watchman Kow gon City at a P.W.D. land, rate but today a case was selling pared with the military figures af home with five gold bars, was Burma's choice of
Yu, Shen-pao, who bad loft might wait until later when and Labourlies during last of the Harbour Department was auction, intends to erect an up-under $185.
new elatus winter's fuel crisis for falling charged before Mr. F. to-date match factory on the
09 and 109
Thanks ahot three times in a car on will make his post obsolete, to build up coal reserves. for l'Almada at Central yesterday area with modern machinery sustained, BIr. Chao said that object of the raid was achieved thrown into the highway where Illustrating the losses being to H..S.wn," the main the outskirts of Shangbal and
emergency and for making con- on two counts of larceny and re- from the United States,
belloved that those flicting optimistic and pessimis- ceiving stolen property.
the raw materials had gone up over the only deck on the Atlantic acu- he died after gasping out to marked for retirement
in the tie statements. But his popu- "China Mall" learned yester 200 per cent, labour by almost board capable of accommodating some farmers "It was a for- reshuffle are. 62-year-old Defendant was bound over in
the battleship "Tirpitz" was put
Delarity with coal miners may save day. the sum of $250-før 12 months.
feare Minister A. V. Alexander, him his job: 6.30 per cent and other expenses out of action for the rest of the eigner who shot me-Charlie.” Defendant in a statement from
by nearly 300 per cent,
Police arrested Archer after whom Labourites blame for the the dock said he was very sorry
Food Minister John Strachey the murdered man'a widow muddle over
reduction of the has come under fire for his bulk and bad offured
to make re
gistration pictures of all for. dcription period from 18 to 12 survive. Identified him from police re. armed forces during the con- buying policy, but he too may alitation. He had been in the
cignora. government service for 24 years
Mr. d'Almada "Taking in- For the first nine months
who had had business dealings to ensideration your long ser- after the end of the war, there ers and hawkers who were sell- vice and the fact that all the was a safety match boom with ing matelica at five to 10 cents property has been returned to local factories
enjoying full | a box.
and leased for eight and a half The factory now occupies
years in 1939 when it was forced to evacuate from Swatow to Hong Kong because of the Japanese attack on China.
the complatnent, I will bind you control of the market in Malayn over in the rum of $250 for 12 which was the biggest importer
TRUNK,"
13th House Collapse
Hen: Kong had its 13th house llages about 739 p.m. yesterday when the ground door Kitchen
47 Sai Street, Western District,
caved in.
There was no one using that portion of the building at the fine.
The tenants of the upper floors left the building but returned to their flats when they found there was no danger of the upper kit cheus elapsing.
ADJOURNED
Due to the indisposition of the second accused, Chung Weh, 30, the case in which Cheung Yuen, 34. Chung Tid-ming. 30, and Chung Shim, 25, and Chung Wah were charged with robbery at No. 1 ut, Shan Kul, Cheung Chau Island, on July 30, wara. manded by Mr. Latimer for one week on the application of DSI R. Mackenzie.
The four men were alleged to have robbed Li Io, 50-year-old married woman, of a gold Anger ring and $700, and a gold bangle and two gold finger rings from In Chat.kam, 18-year-old spinster, at about 3.30 .m. on July 30 They were taken into custody a few hours later by S/I G. Froyer,
The Hong Kong Match Fac tory also complained it was working at a loss. An official of the company added that the only people reaping the benefits of the industry were the retail
from Hong Kong, followed by Children's
alone
the Netherlands East Indies
Java. Singapore und atrorbed 2,000 cases a month. Today, however, Hong Kong's match factories are working at a loss. Since the beginning of the year ordern from overseas have been dropping. The influx of U.S. Army surplus matches affected the local market and the ordering of a considerable quantity of matches from Japan by the Singapore Government
Party At "Y"
War.
The unarmoured, wooden motor launches went in and stayed on the job until they were either sunk or ordered to withdraw. On ane bout alone-MGB 314-two VCR, three DSCs and four DSMA wera awarded.
who took part in the naval side of I think in fairness to the men
She named him na the man
with her husband.
Archer Is being held pending
the operation-most of them were further investigation-Associ althor RNVR or "Hostilities only"ated Press. men--the party they played should not be overlooked in any wrlie-up of the monument now unveiled at St. Nazaire.
EX-COASTAL FORCES.
Shanghai, Aug. 4.
Police today arrested another foreigner on suspicion of being connected with the murder of Yu Shen-po but refused to di vulge his identity.
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The Younger Set of the Euro- pean "Y" will be dressed in tho
High Prices role of "Uncle" and "Aunty" 9ir — Your Correspondent They described him only, as when they entertain their still "Mother" makes a good point in younger contemporaries in a her complaint about bigh arices can."
"a tall man, possibly an Ameri Children's Fancy Dress Party restaurante, rents and profiteering Police said the man was takon emphatien'ly for children of six generally. As she says, a Social-into custody after eyewitnesses to ten years old only on Saturat government would do this town.
had testified there were two some good. day this week.
Why should the selfish minority foreigners in the murder car. continue to make unreasonable. profits out of the majority? An why do not the local press take the matter up? We have no re presentation (though we have taxation) and the press is the ordinary citizen's sole medium of ventilating his moans. But letters to the editor alone won't do any good. Why not
The God-Mother of them all
resulted in dealers in Maingo Miss Winifred Ingram is going iefraining from placing further to no mean measures to ensure orders with local manufac- the young things a very noisy turera. Unconfirmed
reportaj and merry afternoon-despite said that the Singapore authori- the promise of rain-with or ties were buying some' 30,000 ganized games and a dreas cases of matches from Japan. parade to select the winner of The Great China Match Co.. very attractive prize present- Ltd, told the "China Mall" that ed by the still more attractive the current match alump was Aunty Winifred herself.. But due to
selling at competitive what will interest the kiddles prices at high costs, the rabber most will be a very elaborate plump and the invasion of other to-table set out with helpinga brands of matches in the local of tee-cream unlimited. and south-east Asia markets.
the com- "FLYING SAUCER"
IN CHINA!
SUMMER CLEARANCE
campaign for a clean-up?
# newspaper
J..B.
Hong Kong-born Charles Archer's wife, a Russian, told reporters that at the time of the murder she and her husband
were at a movie.
They saw and nodded to "a dentist friend."
Sho could not remember his name but would recognise him if she saw himAssociated Presa,
Blue Stockings Led Them Into Trouble
4.
It was
months:
in
Washington, Aug. 4. The United States, as well as Britain, is reported to be con- sidering further reductions the strength of occupationi forces In Kurupo--but to save man- power rather than dollars.
Tentative pacial calculations have been made here and in
Berlin on what cuts might be Labour Party circles said any made without imperilling Ameri War Secretary Frederick J. Cabinet reshuffle would pri- can Belonger, who has been criticismarily be designed to bring balance between the western alms and upsetting the ed for soft pedaling the black new blood into the Government allies and Soviet Russia. One top market scandal in the
British-United Press,
level tentative estimate was that the number of American troops. might be pared more than half without risking trouble with the German population in the United States zone.
JUDGE REBUKES DEFENCE K.C.
But the German attitude'is ro. cognised as the only one factor. A now and uncertain element has been introduced, however, by Mr. There was a sharp exchange of words between Mr. military commitments as part of Attlee's proposal to slash British Justice Hallett and one of the defending coun- the British Government's" new sel at the Old Bailey in the closing stages of effort the Crown's case against three men accused of sagging economy. the murder of Alec de Antiquis, 34, in Char-whether the United States ran As result, the question lotte-sti, W., on April 29.
to bolster the nation's
follow suit appears"destined, for
in a alde further study before a final decl......
Away
WAY
wearing... If and coat he was
a both accused pleaded for another and, after some bargaining, pur Jewellers Ltd. at the corner of rainc plcked up I will tell you
and
made
Tokyo, Aug. 4. The second and third-batta
HOME
unemployed, was sentenced to h
Charged with larceny from the resident of Capt. Evans in Mac donnell Road, Chu Fuk Chan, 20, month's hard labour to be fol- lowed by expulsion, when pleaded guilty bolora Mr. d'Almads at Central yesterday.
grass, but I shi not having this about the cant, but I shall not tell
which was found, and CAPTAIN'S I got
you about where I was Enbil it 23, comes to the last I am not a on my own. You surely do not Christopher James Geraghty 20,' think I would do any shooting."
of Liverpool.road,
Chief Inspr. Fabian told Mr. Justice Hallett that the word could mean a snake in the grass, valued at $247 had been recoveted "grana" had two meanings: Capt. Evans said that property to indiente a police informer, or but another $313 worth was mlik. hopper, police eippers be used as rhyming slang-grossing.
Defendant, was arrested by The hearing was adjourned. watchman,SANDRIAN
Jenkins, one of the accused, was street, and Ro't drove it to the sion is made.
Mr. Russell Vick, K.C.. for found a saloon car questioning Chief Insp. Robert shop.
The army's position is that with Fabian, of New Scotland, Yard,
Det-Inspr. Hodge put in when the judge intervened and statement alleged to have been relations clouded and Russia's Germany divided, International asked the officer to read the made by Geraghty In this ratification of the satelite pešče exact words of a sentence in his Geraghty described how he, Rolt treaties delayed, the 150,000 or notebook.
and a man he preferred not to so American troops in Europe are Mr. Vick, turning to Justice Hallett, said: Whether it had decided, he said, to call the Press
Mr. name, went to Jay's shop. He a rock bottom minimum-United helpa the jury or not I do not job off because it was too big t need your lordship's assistance when he saw Rolt enter the shop. N.Z. Regiment in cross-examining witnessen. and he and the other man had
Mr Justice Hallett: When to back him up. you are irrégulár í skall stopi
Reaches Kure They had their guns londed to The manager of
you, even if it enables you to frighten people by firing in the pany, Mr. J. T. L. Chan, said
make a tactical scene. I think air in cake of extreme necessity. that for nine months after the
you try to manufacture these in He fired a shot in the shop and llons of a New Zealand regiment end of the war, Hong Kong was
the hope of getting sympathy. when they were running the sole supplier of matches to
|_ Mr. Vick: My ellent desires' motor cyclist gel in their farrived at Kurd in the British The latest "fying saucer" story Malaya and Java and the East comes from Canton. A Chinèst
fired my 82 to Convicted on the charge of unlawful possession of no sympathy, my lord, only statement tighten him, the Commonwealth Occupation Force Indies. But since the begin report from the Kwangtung cupi.
200 pairs of blue stockings on board their ship, Justice.
aw him Headquarters in Southern Hon. wing of the year, his company tal says it was found 45 miles
Samuel Gibson, 47, greaser, was sentenced to question is irregular I shall in threw the revolvers into the battalions on duty with the
Mr. Justico Hallett: If a frightened."
drop into the gutter, and I was shu on board the vessel Dunarh has been operating ut a loss.
Geraghty said he three months' hard labour, and
They will replace the present southwest of the city in a village
Thomas terrupt you again. local products, safety matches
Ile pointed out that of all in Hokshan county.
Thames, and when he got home BCOF in Japan-Reuter. Fearnes, 38, greaser, was fined $150 or two The three accused men, who he
he burnt the sulf today were the only commodity days ago a woman working in a
The message said that a few months' hard fabour, by Mr. W. H. Latimer at plead not guilty to the murder eelling below pre-war prices. In paddy held heard a loud buzzing
Kowloon yesterday.
of de Antiquis after an attempt king, when questioned about
Chief Inapr. Fabian and Jen-STOLE FROM December 1941, the price for sound followed a crash of
Before sentence was passed, Ing morning with two of ble fakisto robbery at the shop of Jaye case of 7.200 boxes of matches shining object a few yards away. chance declaring that it was their chased 200 pairs at 31 per pair. was $185. For the first six love inches wide and an inch thick. had a wife and four children in Kwok came running into his room. Hghterman, of Abbey-road, Ber- Charlotte-street and Tottenham The object was 12 inches long. Arst slip. Gibson stated that he Gibson, in evidence, said that stroot, are:
Charles Henry Jenkins, It transparent plastic cover re. England, while Fearnes declared on vealed four small dry batteries that he had a wife and five chil- dumped the bag down and want mondsey.
the morning in question, and two radio tubes. There was drea and would like to have an out again. Soon after he came in also ar air pressure gadget with opportunity to earn the money to again with two Chinese, removed labourer, asafety device attached, wurde in. English reading
send back to them
the bag but again came back Finsbury The Master of the s/s "Titan" soon after. Immediately on his.
Terence John Peter Rolt, 11, The report concluded that the told the Court that he found heels, the Captain entered. warehouseman, of St. John's
nothing to complain of respecting In reply to DSI MacKenzie, ac. Estate, Bermondsey. persuaded by the conduct of the two men. They cused admitted having seen Kwok Bullet Fell From Brain, fellow villager to part with the had been working on his ship for on previous occasions but denied strange object for 10 plculs of un some time, he said.
Sir Bernard Spilsbury, the husked rice.
that he was in his cabiri on Satur. pathologist, giving evidence, said Although defendants were not day. He only chased Ewok out that when he was carrying out a criminals in the ordinary sense of of his cabin on Sunday and did post-mortem on de Antiquis, a GAMBLING ON the word, sald Hia Worship, ho not arrest him because he did not bullet tell from the brain.
LAUNCH
had however to take a serious know what was in the bag, view of the case and could not Fearries denied being in the man named William Henry A deposition was read from a Fung Min, Au Yeung Him, La! possibly show any leniency in room on the morning in question Walsh, who was stated to be 100 Sum and Wong Yet wore fined cases of this type. Buds but, In reply to DSI MacKenzie, it to be present. Walsh declared $200 (or three months' hard! The facts of the case, as pre admitted being in the cabin on that at no time did he borrow the abour) each for keeping a com- sented by DSI R., MacKenzie, Saturday afternoon, He could not raincoat, which,, it was non gaming house on board the were that of about 8.30 am. on say why Kwok should pick him had been found in an anteroom stated, launch Man Chi" at 2.18 pm. on Aug. 3, the Master of the s/p out as the man who' negotiated of premises in Tottenham Court. Avg. 2.
"Titon", Capt. William John with him about the stockings, sald road after two young men were Prosecuting, DSI R. MacKenzie Eynon, was standing on the lower Fearnes. said that the four men were seen bridge on
teen to enter and leave the build. The price or the best grade shipments of rice to Kwang the storboard 'aldo? candueling a gambling game at when he saw a sampon about 201 the bow of the third class deck feet away from the gangway
quoted is CN#210,000 a pleal of tung, but so for no Hunan rice Four revolvers were handed 111 pounds while the highest has been ablpped here. The of the launch while it was on Suddenly, the sampan turned
to Mr. Robert Churchill when he price for the past week was harvest along Tungting Loks In way from Mong Kok to Hong around and went to the other side
went into the witness box. CN$255,000. Rico merchants Human has been so satisfactory Kong. The game played was the of the ship as though it had been The Government-operated tex- that the bullet which killed da stay for the next several days, sumption outside the province. Handling a 32 revolver, he, sald expect the present price will that there is a surplus for con- usual "red and black cards signalled to by someone in the tile industries may set up addi. Antiquis came from it. He found as shipments are expected from The bottlenecks” Transporta which were so "Axed that either boat Becoming suspicious, the tional omces in Centon, Hang contained five live cartridger Hunan.But colour could be made to appear Castelo went to the stern on the Kong and Singapore to facultate and Kurtridge case Marks Tedium grade rice in Chang Capton's consumption of As required, demAGE AT
Mother, aldo and saw the sampah the exports of Chinese pances dicated there had been three missha was quoted a CN861,000 is about 200 tons Table money totalling $218 was going alongside. He also saw a goods to the South Paciic areas, fires. A bullet found in Jay's picul. In Kwangsl the price Theelty ordered by Mr. WH. Latimer to Chinese Kwok Hol chuen, com according to the Information shop bad been fired from a 45 ranged from UN$120,000 to taked over be confiscated to the Poor Box. Ing out of the greasers room with Bureau of the four national banks voltar. Another loaded revolver CN$160,000, a plcul. In Tuyan, the provide
of China Oncing the Master, continued Considerable delay and Incon
examilped could not be fred, as Kwelchow, the price was as low becom contained the went back into the room, and porters in the Southern areas DHI Mackenzie, the Chinese venience is now being caused im Local Chinese papers yesterday dumped the acabag down. When who are forced to make an. reported from
Macho-that the the Master entered the room he quiries from the texille drganlıs Portuguese authorities there have had the bag opened and found on headquarters in Shangha bonned girls under 18 from being the 200/ dozen stockings tnalds. Reutor. employed as taxi-dancers, and in the rooms were, thres Chinese
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NEW BAN ON TAXI DANCERS
NEW CHINESE EXPORT DRIVE
bova under 18 years from enter male who were rate Man
log cabarels,
Leung Ngaj-c02, (20
of the Young” Tak
gether with the "abng,
Captain's dock for await, dfgustar rival, of the. Folica,
chook
Shanghai, Aug. 4. E
RICE POSITION UNDER CONTROL
Canton, Aug. 4,′′.
Despite the widespread flood which destroyed 35-
percent the crop, the rice situation In Kwangtung is under control by the provincial authorities p
Divisional Det-Insm. Robert Canton "If a transportation that to wrong ammunt as CN134,000 picat, Dentors The zich
Higgins alleged that Bolt made chargan-ore not too hi h
are planning to ship: rice to used
́s statement, in which has said
that/eller: decussing carrying summer flood
i posathlé “nów In View! out a hold-up with Jenkins and watercol Geraght he Want to an empty Kwan house in Bermondsey, where he had hidden soms stolen revolvers
and
hlhibis, Jonkins' and
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