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DRASTIC REFORM MEASURES
MEASURES Schuman Strikes
Nanking's Bureau For Financial Control
Dictator Powers Over Trade
Nanking, Dec. 2. Tightening Government · control over financial transactions in an effort to slow China's infla- tion, the Executive Yuan today authorised the Ministry of Finance to establish a "bureau of financial control” with almost dictatorial powers over the nations trade.
The bureau will commence operations immediate- ly from offices in Shanghai, Tientsin, Canton and Hankow, a Yuan spokesman said, while its influence will be extended over other areas "as it becomes necessary."
TRADE WITH JAPAN
Tokyo, Dec. 2.
An additional 14 ports will be opened for the па- tion's foreign trade from Jan. 11, when a contemplat- law designating trade ed ports, will come into force.
The bill ix now being studled by the Lower House committee on land develop. ment and planning,
The newly designated ports will bring the total of the nation's foreign trado ports to 56, 42, ports having already been designated.— Keuter.
H.K. Dollar Slumps In Canton
It is understood here that Shangbai will be the focal point
HONG KONG- SHANGHAI FLIGHT
Shanghai, Dec. 2.
The British Congal-Gen- eral, Mr. A. G. N. Ogden, was Among the group of officials who turned up at Lunghwa airport here today to welcome Hong Kong Air- ways plane, Inaugurating a regular service between Hong Kong and Shanghai.
The Douglas DC-3, which brought a number of news- papermen from Hong Kong, Is scheduled to leave hero tomorrow morning on the
Gangsters Rounded Up In Kowloon
Sixteen men, believed to be members of a gang involved in the stealing of accessories from park- ed cars and the snatch- ing of handbags from women, were arrested in a Police raid on pent- houses on the roof of 131
At Reds
Paris, Dec. 2.
The National Assembly was cleared today, of the Com- munist deputies who had staged 'an all-night sk-down strike in the parliamentary chamber. ·
Helmeted guards, acting under orders from Assembly President Edouard Herriot, resolutely evacuated the room Jacques in a second attempt after Communist Deputy Ores thwarted their first attempt by denying them the entrance on the grounds that such action was unconstitu, tional
This was the second drastic government step against the Communists and strikers within 12 hours earlier the police seized six Paris power plants after a sudden strike cut off the capital's power and stopped the underground trains.
M. Herriot's order for the Reds to get out came after other Assembly deputies appealed to him in a letter saying, "The independence of the Assembly is in grave danger" Forty- two deputies demanded an immediate end to the Commun- 1st coup de force" and resumption of work by the cham- ber-United Press.
REHABILITATION LOAN BILL
return flight with a party of Temple Street South, Details of the $150,000,000 Rehabilitation Loan
local pressmen,--Reuter,
Yaumati, at 3.45 a.m. on
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for the work of the new bureau,****************** Monday.
which will
Reck
combat
speculation through Michael
«xamination of records of official
and
Engaged
One member of the gang is belleved to have stolen the crown private banks, including
from the Governor's car some foreign institutions, Government-
months ago, while another is operated corporętions, financial
said to have snatched a handbag from Mrs, Blair-Kerr, wife of the companies and organisations and
London, Dec. 2. Kowloon Magistrate, on Nov. 18. individuals engaging in trade, The engagement of 26-year-
A large number of pawn old King Michael of Rumanis The bureau's agents will have to Princess, Anne de Bourbon tickets and electric, torches were powers to examine all books and Parma is likely to be announced, found during the raid. records for evidence of illegal shortly, according to authorita- It is reported that the cam transnetjona. the announcementitive Rumanian quarters in paign by the Police against said, particularly those involving London.
gangs of this type has resulted trade in gold, foreign exchange, and foreign currencies.
The Executive Yuan is provid ing on original staff of 42 per- sons, including one chlef and one deputy chief, who will work directly under the Minister of Finance.
House Searched
During his stay in London in a general dispersal of mom- for the Royal Wedding. King bers to Macao and Canton, Princess Anne. Michael was often seen with
The 23-year-old Princess in now in Lausanne, where the į young King of Rumunia hro just arrived for a two to three
visit days
before returning home.
The spokesman eald the new Princess Anne'a mother la
bureau would work in close co-
operation with austerity police, municipal officials and Central
Princess Marguerite, daughter
of Prince Kaldmar of Denmark
Bill, which will come before Legislative Coun- cil this afternoon for its first reading, were re- leased yesterday."
Tel. 21433
OUTBREAK IN JERUSALEM
Jerusalem, Dec. 2.
Arabs today started a three-day strike in protest against partitioning of the Holy Land with a burst of stabbing, shootings, stonings, arson and mob violence against Jews that brought the Hagana Jewish army into the open as a security force for the first time in its history.
At mid-afternoon there was fighting desperately to push the one Jew dead and at least a shouting, chanting mob back score wounded, one of whom is into the Square, the local correspondent of Reuters, and several Araba wounded,
Hagana made its historic fent appearance after hours of vio- lence when. It was permitted
under police supervision to help evacuate Jews from the Prin- cess Mary area which waa threatened by Araba.
The Jewish army had been called out by Bound trucks ranging the streets plending with Jews who were beginning
Five-Hour Orgy
(Continued on Page, 12)
National
Assembly Doubts
Nanking, Dec. 2, With ten days forgotá to miss for revenge action to counting" following the nation- return to vaak.
al elections already gone,, the Central Elections Office dis closed today that only 500 of tached to the Bill state:-
The "Objects and Reasons" at-n loan in Hong Kong or in Lon
By then hundreds of frenzied more than 3.000 Assembly seats don or partly in Hong Kong and
More than 1. The object of Us Bill is to partly in London, of an amount Arabs had been recklessly burn had definitely been filled.
2,000 must be not exceeding a total of $150,- ing and looting through down-elected before the President can make legislative provision to em:000.000.
town districta atealing an power the raising of a loan of
order the National Assembly、 Cicuse 3 provides that the prin- | timated $1,000,000 worth of $160,000,000 for the general re- cipal moneys and interest repre. Jewish property in a five-hour to be convened.
services
Although an offcial Govern- habilitation of the pubile
Bented by the of the Colony following a
pri- ment spokesman period
out of the crgy that was intended payable upon and
well, an and such of enemy occupation,
General Revenue and Assets of marily by Arab leaders as a
a spokesman of the Elections further sum as may be necessary the Colony,
peaceful but ominious protest Omice were still insisting that to defray the expense of issue. Clause 4 requires that money against the UN decision to split the first constitutional National
2. In this Bill-
into Arab and Jew Assembly will open on Dec. 25 borrowed under the powers given Palestine Clause 2 empowers the Gover-by the Bill upon essetment shall, States. nor, or the Crown. Agent, be appropriated and applied only. Another Arab, mob of several sensus of most informed sources
as scheduled, it was the on behalf of the Governor, to raise to the purposes specified in the hundred surged out of Damana here that postponement is in
Schedule to the Bill, the proviso
evitable, at least until mid- January, perhaps even longer.
Gloomy Prospects On Food Front
London, Dec. 2.
and Princess Marie d'Oricans.-Britons appeared to be increasingly worried that they may become really hungry before next summer's food crop begins to flow into the shops.
Bank experts, all of whom are Reuter. engaged in the war against speculation and inflation. The apokegman: said the head of thei new bureau hod Яelected.
not yet been Kwangtung As In Shanghal today. Lieut-Gon. Third World luang T-wu was semi-officially reported to have said that the War Base! rigorous enforcement of emer-
gency measures calling for pos
established.
command
A spokesman
*
loon be charged
being made, however, that the cus Gate at 11.30 am. burning transfer of money from one item and destroying all Jewish shops of the Schedule to another in the area. It was estimated
such
st trans-that
legat za may be made if
the Legislative Council land by
the Secretary of State.
of score
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con-
Election oficials any they ex-
fer be approved by resolution of shops in the vicinity of Bar-pect complete certification of clay's Bank were attacked. The police did not interfere, Clause 0 and 1 make provision Clouds of smoke blilowed up for a Sinking Fund for the ward a firemen sought to ex- demption of a toan, according as to whether such loan, or part of it, is raised in London, or in Hong
Kong.
Clause 8 empowers the Gover- nor, inter alla, to determine the Ume for any isste and redemp- tion of bonds issued in respect of
the loan.
Schedule
1. Agriculture, Forestry. and
Gardens $1,470,000
2. Air and Meteoro- logicol Services
3. Buildings
6. Education
6. Harbour
ties
tinguish new blazen which were breaking out faster than they could put them out.
Jews Rataliate
A Jowish mob incited by youths crying "revenge" moved from Zion Square into the area where the Arabs were holding their demonstration.
enough elected Assemblymen to complete quorom "by Christ- mas," but that leaves no time in China to the national capital. for travel from distage parts
They said poor; communica-
tions, including lack of tele graphic facilities in many com munities, woro responsible for returns the delay in election reaching Nanking Associated Press.
QUEEN'S ROAD COLLISION
British soldiers with rifles | pointing at the crowd and back- 310.000 by armoured cara shut the 33,176,000 street from Zion Square and. A collision between a bus and
halted the Jewish mob.
a motor car took place in Queen's 30,500,000 Between the mob and troops Road Central, outside Ho Tung 7,210.000 lines of Jewish youths stretch- Building, at 1205 p.m. yester»
4. Claims and Com
pensation
Facili-
5,450,000 1,715,000
8,500,000
30,270,000
24,400,000
.5,000,000
7. Medical Services 8. Miscellaneous
Doctors, clergymen and news confirm nor deny that such
fears that the course might be taken. Canton, Dec. 2.
papers expressed
Meanwhile, next year's crops food shortage may bring on dis-
the Both rice prices and
case and cut workers' energy are largely threatened by
has prevented; the Hong Kong dollar
enough to hamper the nation's drought which "produce for recovery" Industrial ploughing in many of the richest
British agricultural areas. are skidding downward
drive. Canton, Dec. 2. after zooming a steep able citywide house to
Geoffrey Cox, political corres The drought and last spring's', "Kwangtung will probably be pondent of house
cut this year's the Liberal News snows and floods climb last week. Best investigations against hoarders an important base for China in Chronicle, reported that many crop so heavily that potatoes
World War II, if it were kind rice was sold today will be introduced as soon as a
Labour Members of Parliament staple part of the British dict happen at all." sald is Huang
General and some members of the Govern- have had to be rationed to three Ching-chlu. around CN$65,000 a picul unified overall
deputy-ment are urging the sale of more pounds weekly per person and director of the President's Head- of 111 pounds and the
General Huang said milltary quarters, when he assumed of of Britain's reduced foreign in- there have been hints that the Hong Kong dollar was and police forces of the city fice as Commissioner of Pacifi- vestments in order to buy food rallen may have to be cut.
Potato ratning brought the 9. Publie Works cation and Police this morning, abroad, should be pooled to enforge quoted at CN$24,500.
in the Govern- British diet to 2,700 calories a day 10. Railway Several persons were arrested strictly the new laws aimed at!
"In order to meet the coming ment departments would neither 10 per cent below the level 11. Waterworks
which a depression year's study over the week-end for dealing eradicating black market opera-lof such an international, crisis,
set as the minimum for health. in Hong Kong and American tors and hoarders.
"he added, "we must make
Associated Press. dollars.
Latest Chinese reports said Kwangtung free from bandit dis. secured for the choice of Mag-Gen. Chiang turbance and fully Ching-kue, eldest son of Presl such an event." dent Chiang Kai-shek, to take vincial troops that from Decem Dr. T. V. Soong asaured Pro- over the direction of the econo- ber onwards they will receive mle war in Shanghai, was not equal pay to that given to troops yet definite..
In the National, Army,
General Chen Pul, the out
Commissioner, going
reported that his anti-bandit campaign in Meanwhile the Hung Chang in the killing of 1,300 bandits southern Kwangtung had resulted Exchange Bank, of the and the seizure of over 200 rifles.
However, retail prices which went up last week stuck to the same high level, but wholesale prices went down somewhat be-
hind those of rice,
It may be roughly said that prices, which jumped about 40 percent during the hectic days of Nov. 25 and 26, dropped by 20 percent.
The
Communist threat to Hankow was one cause of the rise of the Hong Kong dollar. but this is temporarily removed. -Associated Press.
Control Of
Jay-Walkers
Bank Closure
ono
smaller banking firms which-KPN. allegedly engaged in curb tran- sactions, closed its doors this morning with debts reportedly. totalling CN$10,000,000,000,
It was reported that the bank. bought blocks of textile mili
PLANE CRASH
Strasbourg, Dec. 2. Proposals to control jay share and was caught when The French Press Agency walkers in Hong Kong, will prices slumped as a result of re- said that an American transport come up for discussion at Fri- ports of the Government enfor- plane crashed today near the day's meeting of the Traffic cing the most rigid economie village of Lemberg about six Advisory Committee, the controls.Associated Press, Reu- miles south of Bitche, "China Mail" Jearned authori- ter and United Press.
Moselle-Associateć. Press,
tatively yesterday,
If the proposala aro approved by tho Committee, legislation. will be drafted for introduction before the Legislative Council. Primary object of the pro- posals la: to: control pedestrians. at the main intersections of tho Colony
ABERDEEN FIRE A fire in Wong Chuk Hang
Village, Aberdeen, at about d p.m. yesterday. resulted la two amall huts, being destroyed. The fire engines were despatched to the scene.
BARKER ROAD BURGLARIES
Two European residents, residing at 449 Barker Boad and 516A Barker Road, were the victims of burglaries be- tween 3 a’m. and 6 a.m. on Monday, the burglars get- ting away with a total faul of $11,350.
In "The first case, the burglars entered the rest- dence of Mr. Kendrick at 149 Barker Road and stoln goods to the value of $4,500. In the other case, goods to the value of $6,800 were taken from the reiidence of Mr. Cooper at 816A Barker Mord.
'Up to a late hour yester- day, no arrests had been made.
Chiang's Confidence Missing Plane
In Peaceful Japan
Shanghai, Dec. 2.
Located
Total:
$150,000,000
Red Manoeuvres
In
Far East
Nanking, Dec. 2. The reappearance of a Comintern for East Asia, following the recent meeting of Communist representatives at Harbin, is "a natural and Inevitable development of the overall Com munist polley and should occasion no surprise in any quarter," the official Kuomintang organ, the Central Daily News, declared in an editorial today.
The reappearancó. of the in this endeavour, erities of the Comintern, was first evidenced Communist Party will head at Warsaw, with its subsequent straight for the guillotine, in organization of new headquar-contrast to the freedom which ters at Belgrado, and now at democratic forces may enjoy in Harbin, the editorial comment criticising the National Govern-
|ment."---Reuter-AAP,.
ed.
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